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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eyepiece or Ocular. | This is where you look into the microscope to see the image of the thing that you' re looking for. |
| Body Tube. | This is the long,skinny tube that holds the eyepiece up above the microscope. |
| Nosepiece. | The nosepiece holds the objective or three objective lenses. |
| Objective lenses:High, Medium, and Low. | The shortest lens is the least powerful and the longest lens is the most powerful. |
| Arm | The arm holds the upper portion of the microscope above the stage. |
| Coarse Adjustment Knob | This knob allows you to move the upperpotion of the microscope.Up and down so that you focus on the slide. |
| Fine Adjustment Knob | There so that you can fine tune the image. |
| Slide | This is where all of your specimens are pointed so that you can look at them. |
| Stage | This is where the goodies you want to look at are placed. |
| Stageclips | Shiny clips that are on top of the stage.They hold the microscope slide in place. |
| Aperture(app ur chure) | This allows light to come up from behind whatever it is that you are looking at so that it is easier to see. |
| Diaphragm (die a fram) | This is called the diaphragm, and allows you to change the amount of light that comes up through the aperture. |
| Mirror or Lamp | The lamp shines light up through the aperture and the mirror reflects light into the same space. |
| Base | This holds the whole microscope up. |
| legs | They should be called feet, but these are the two things that hold the microscope in place. |