Microscope Flashcards
1
Q
Parts of a microscope
A
Eyepiece:the lens you look through; it magnifies the object, arm hold: when carrying the microscope, objective: lens magnifies the specimen fine and coarse focus wheel turn them to focus the image stage clip stage put the slide on top light source base.
2
Q
What is magnification?
A
How many times bigger an image looks compared to real life
3
Q
How to calculate total magnification?
A
Eyepiece magnification X objective lens magnification