Microscope Identification Quiz

Label the parts of a microscope

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

Diaphragm

Body Tube

Rotating nosepiece

Stage

Light source

Objective lenses

Stage clips

Lable the parts of a microscope

a

b

c

d

e

Arm

Eyepiece

Base

Fine adjustment knob

Coarse adjustment knob

This piece of the microscope can be adjusted to increase or decrease

the amount of light the reaches the specimen.

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This part of the microscope is a platform that supports the microscope slide

This part of the microscope provides stability as the microscope sits on the lab table

This part of the microscope and get hot as it generates the light for the specimen being observed

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This part of the microscope causes the stage to move upward or downward to bring the specimen into focus.

After light passes through the specimen, it enters one of these three lenses

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The eyepiece sit atop this long slender portion of the microscope

This portion of the microscope is where you will find the objective lenses

and moves to allow you to change the objective lenses