Microscopes Flashcards
Name of the part you look through
Eyepiece
Name of the lenses closest to the specimen
Objective lenses
Name of the thing you put the specimen on
Slide
Name of the thing you put the slide on
The stage (under stage clips)
Name of the connecting bridge between the top and bottom of the microscope
The arm
Name of the bottom
Base
Name of the cylinder under the stage
The condenser
Name of the small knob
The fine focus
Name of the large knob
The coarse focus
How do you get light for the microscope?
Mirror or light source
Name of two microscopes
Light microscope and electron microscope
Advantages of light microscope
Cheaper, smaller, easier to transport
Advantages of electron microscope
Higher magnification, higher resolution
How to calculate real size?
Image size/ magnification