1. Answer the Questions
Microscopes

2. Test Your Skills . . .
 Arm
 Body Tube
 Stage
 Clip
 Base
 Coarse Adjustment
 Fine Adjustment

3. Test Your Skills
 High Power
Objective
 Low Power Objective
 Mirror
 Eyepiece
 Nosepiece
 Diaphragm

4. A
E
D
B
F
H (larger)
C
G (short)
J I
M
K
L

5.  1. What two parts do you hold onto when
carrying a microscope?
 2. Which microscope part regulates the amount
of light entering the body tube?
 3. What part can be rotated to change
magnification?
 4. The low power objective magnifies ___ or
____ times.
 5. The high power objective magnifies ___ or
_____ times.

6.  6. If the high power objective is used and the
eyepiece magnifies 10x, what is the total
magnification? (2 possible answers)
 7. The ability of a microscope to produce contrast
and detail (how much it can magnify) is called
_______________.
 8. What type of microscope is used mainly in
schools?
 9. If I wanted a magnification of 100x, I would set
the eyepiece at _____x and the objective at
____x.
 10. What do the stage clips do?

7. Pop Quiz
1. What two parts
should you hold
when you carry a
microscope?
← Base & Arm
←←
2. Where do you put a
slide?
→ 3.
On the Stage
To focus, what knob
do you turn first?
← Second?
First, Coarse