light microscope Flashcards
What does the mirror do
reflect light through the microscope slide
What does the 3 objective lenses do
magnification
What is the magnification on the 3 lenses
4x, 40x, 400x,
What does the stage do
place the microscope slide on
What does the stage clips
hold the slide in place
What does the eye piece do
to look through
what is the magnification of the eye piece
10x
What does the coarse focusing dial do
brings the object to approximate or near focus
What does the fine focus do
moves the lens slowly to focus more clearly on the object
What does the arm do
connects and supports the base and head of the microscope
what are the 7 rules on drawing a light microscope
1- 2D
2- no shading
3- no hairy line
4- in pencil
5- label lines in pencil using ruler
6- label lines do not cross each other
7-no arrow heads
what does the mirror do
reflect light through microscope slide
