Notes on how the microscope functions
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is the most familiar type of microscope? | The Standard Light Microscope
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| Are the Base and the Arm connected? | Yes,usually is one single piece of cast metal
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| What is the purpose of the Arm? | It is the correct place to grip when carrying a microscope
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| What is the purpose of the Base? | When carrying a microscope,you want to support the base with the palm of your hand
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| What is the Stage? | It is the platform that supports the specimen so it can be observed.
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| Why does the Stage have a hole in the center? | It has a hole in the center to allow light to pass through, so the specimen must be supported on a microscope slide
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| What purpose does the Diaphragm have? | It controls how much light goes through the specimen when you adjust it
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| What is the Diaphragm's range? | It has a range from 1 to 5
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| What do Stage Clips do? | It holds down the slide so it will stay in place
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| What purpose does the Mirror serve? | It is the light source. Never use in direct sunlight because it will damage your eyes
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| What is the Scanning Objective Lens power? | 4x
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| What is the Low Power Objective lens power? | 10x
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| What is the High Power Objective Lens power? | 40x
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| Which Objective Lens is the shortest out of the 3? | The Scanning Power Objective Lens
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| What purpose does the Body Tube serve? | It allows light from the objective to pass upward to form the first magnified image
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| What does the Eyepiece do? | It has the Ocular lens and the eyepiece is usually 10x
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| How do you switch objectives? | You rotate the Nose Piece
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| What does the Coarse Adjustment Knob do? | You use it primarily to focus on your specimen
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| What does the Fine Adjustment Knob do? | It is used for minute focusing. You use this after you have focused with the coarse adjustment knob
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| Why should you never use your Coarse Adjustment Knob on high power? | It will crack your slide
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