Parts of the Microscope
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arm | Connects the tube to the base and is used to carry it from one place to another
🗑
|
||||
| Base | Supports the microscope and is used to carry it from one place to another
🗑
|
||||
| Coarse Adjustment Knob | Used with low and medium power to bring objects into focus
🗑
|
||||
| Coverslip | A very thin piece of glass placed over a specimen on a slide to prevent it from moving around
🗑
|
||||
| Diaphragm | In a microscope, it is used to change the amount of light coming into the objective
🗑
|
||||
| Fine Adjustment Knob | Used with HIGH POWER ONLY, it sharpens the image and makes us able to see different layers of the specimen
🗑
|
||||
| High Power Objective | The longest and most powerful lens on a microscope enabling you to see the greatest amount of detail of a specimen
🗑
|
||||
| Illuminator | Light source for a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Inverted | When an image is turned upside down by the lens of a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Low Power Objective | The shortest and least powerful lens of a microscope. Using it provides the largest field of view.
🗑
|
||||
| Nosepiece | Rotates the objectives in a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Ocular (Eyepiece) | has a magnification of 10x, it is what you look through in a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Stage | Is what the specimen is placed on in order to view on a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Stage Clips | Holds the slide in place on the stage of a microscope
🗑
|
||||
| Wet Mount | A method of making temporary slides using a cover slip and water
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
hhazzard
Popular Biology sets