FINAL Flashcards
Coarse adjustment
Focuses the microscope quickly
Arm
Holds the microscope up above the base
Depth of field
The amount of apparent sharp focus produced by a given objective
Diaphragm
Controls how much light enters the microscope
Electron microscope
Can magnify up to a million times
Field of view
The circle of light seen when you first look into the microscope
Fine adjustment
The only focus know used on high power
High power objective
Has magnification of 40x
Lens paper
The only material that should touch the lenses of the microscope
Light microscope
Can magnify one to two thousand times using light
Low power objective
Combines with the 10x eyepiece to produce 100x total magnification
Total magnification
Power of the eyepiece times the power of the objective
Ocular
Another name for the eyepiece
Pipette
Eye dropper
Nosepiece
Allows you to switch from one objective to another