Lab 1- Compound Microscope

Question 1

Ocular Lens or eye piece

Answer 1

lens you look through to view a slide (magnification of 10x)

Question 2

Body

Answer 2

tube that holds eye piece

Question 3

Objectives

Answer 3

lenses that point at the slide
(Magnification labeled on the side)

Question 4

Revolving nosepiece

Answer 4

hold the objective lenses
Can be turned by hand to position any one of the objectives over the slide

Question 5

Arm

Answer 5

Heavy portion that supports the body tube and the revolving nose piece

Question 6

Coarse adjustment

Answer 6

Larger knob on the lower part of the arm

Question 7

Fine adjustment

Answer 7

small knob on the lower part of the arm

Question 8

base

Answer 8

the part in contact with the table

Question 9

Mechanical Stage

Answer 9

Flat part of the scope where you place the slide between the stage clips for holding and positioning slide

Question 10

FOV of “Field of View”

Answer 10

Determines Sample Size

Question 11

Scanning Objective (red)

Answer 11

4x
TM= 4x * 10x= 40x

Question 12

Low Power Objective (Yellow)

Answer 12

10x
TM= 10x * 10x = 100x

Question 13

High Power Objective (Blue)

Answer 13

40x
TM= 40x * 10x = 400x

Question 14

Disc Diaphragm

Answer 14

Lot of little Light