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