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science test- 2/9/11

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What is another name for the eyepiece?   Ocular lens  
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How should you carry a microscope?   By holding the arm and base  
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What are the parts of a microscope?   The eyepiece, high power objective, low power objective, body tube, coarse adjustment knob, fine adjustment knob, base, arm, nosepiece, mirror, diaphragm, stage, and stage clips  
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What is the eyepiece?   It is at the top of the microscope. It holds the lens closest to the eye  
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What is the high power objective?   It is the longer if the two lenses close to the side  
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What is the low power objective?   It is the shorter of the two lenses close to the side  
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What is the body tube?   It gives the distance needed between the eyepiece and objective  
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What is the coarse adjustment knob?   It moves the tube up and down  
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What is the fine adjustment knob?   It moves the tube up and down, but only slightly  
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What is the base?   It holds up the entire microscope  
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What is the arm?   It supports the body tube  
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What is the nosepiece?   It holds the objective lenses  
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What is the mirror?   It reflects light into the tube  
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What is the diaphragm?   It is a circular disk that adjusts the amount of light entering the stage area  
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What is the stage?   It is a platform that supports the slide; it allows light to pass through  
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What are the stage clips?   They hold the slide in place on the stage  
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What is a lens?   It is a piece of glass that has been carefully shaped to bend light  
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What are two kinds of microscope slides?   Temporary and permanent  
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A temporary slide cannot be what?   Stored  
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What is a temporary slide useful for?   Studying tiny, living organisms  
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What can a permanent slide be?   Used over and over again  
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How should a lens be cleaned?   With special lens paper  
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What can cleaning with regular tissues do to the lens?   It could scratch the lens  
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