microscope

Question 1

What are oculars?

Answer 1

magnifying lenses that are closest to your eye. Usual magnification is 10x

Question 2

what are objective lenses?

Answer 2

magnifying lenses that are closest to the specimen. Can be changed to increase magnification.

Question 3

What is an arm on the microscope?

Answer 3

you carry the microscope by this part

Question 4

What is the condenser?

Answer 4

focuses the light into the objectives. Adjustment can change contrast.

Question 5

What is the iris diaphragm?

Answer 5

controls the diameter of the light

Question 6

What is a rheostat?

Answer 6

controls the intensity of the illumination

Question 7

What is the coarse adjustment knob?

Answer 7

focuses the image. Can move the stage quickly a large distance

Question 8

What is the fine adjustment knob?

Answer 8

focuses the image. Moves the stage in very small increments.

Question 9

What is the stage?

Answer 9

platform for holding the slide

Question 10

A compound microscope can have two different eye pieces, what are they?

Answer 10

binocular (containing 2 eyepieces) or nonocular (containing one eyepiece