Microscope Flashcards

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Parts of a microscope

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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.
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What is magnification?

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How many times bigger an image looks compared to real life

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How to calculate total magnification?

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Eyepiece magnification X objective lens magnification

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