Microscopy & Measurement

Question 1

What are the different parts of the microscope?

Give 3 examples

Answer 1

• Ocular lens
• Body tube
• Rotating nose piece
• Arm
• Coarse adjustment nob
• Fine adjustment nob
• Base
• Light source
• Diaphram
• Condenser
• Stage
• Stage clip
• Objective lens

Question 2

What are the 3 ways to calculate magnification?

Answer 2

1) Use the ocular and objective lenses
2) Use the scale bar
3) Using the image provided they give the actual size of the image

Question 3

What are the 3 ways to calculate the specimen size?

Answer 3

1) Using the FOV measurement & estimating size
2) Using the equation
3) Using a scale bar

FOV= Field of View