Vocabulary terms for the Lynx Team
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| Eyepiece | usually contains a 10x ocular lens
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| Nosepiece | holds the objective lenses; rotates to change lenses
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| Arm | serves as a handle; used with the base to carry the microscope
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| Stage clip | located on the stage; helps to hold the slides in place
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| Objective lenses | lenses found on the nosepiece; used in combination with the ocular lens in the eyepiece to increase magnification
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| Stage | supports the slides
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| Diaphragm | wheel that adjusts the amount of light that passes through a hole in the stage
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| Coarse adjustment knob | raises and lowers the stage; used when focusing with the 4x and 10x objective lenses
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| Base | supports the microscope; used with the arm to carry the microscope
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| Fine adjustment knob | raises or lowers the stage a tiny distance for exact focusing; used with the 40x objective lens
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| Ocular lens | lens found inside the eyepiece
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| Electron | type of microscope that uses a stream of electrons to make an image
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| Magnification | ability to make something appear larger than its real size
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| Resolution | a measure of how sharp or clear an object appears
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| Robert Hooke | used a compound microscope to look at cork cells
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| Antony van Leeuwenhoek | used a simple microscope to view living organisms (bacteria)
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| Simple | type of microscope with only one lens
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| Compound | type of microscope with two lenses
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