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Biology Parts Quiz
Compound Light Microscope parts and their Jobs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ocular | contains a lens that magnifies 10x |
| body tube | maintains a proper distance between and objective lenses |
| arm | connects upper and lower portions, supports the body tube, and a place to hold the microscope. |
| revolving nosepiece | holds the objective lenses, allows you to switch from one lense to the other. |
| high power objective | is a magnified lense, 40x |
| low power objective | a magnifine lense that is at 10x, shorter of the two. |
| coarse adjustment | to move the body tube up and down so you can focus in. |
| fine adjustment | smaller of the two, sharpens image |
| stage | platform that supports the slide |
| stage clips | holds the slide in place |
| diaphragm | regulates the amount of light |
| sub-stage lamp | source of light |
| base | supports the microscope and 2nd place to hold it from |
| pivot | allows you to tilt the inclination point |