science test- 2/9/11 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is another name for the eyepiece? | Ocular lens |
How should you carry a microscope? | By holding the arm and base |
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 |
What is the eyepiece? | It is at the top of the microscope. It holds the lens closest to the eye |
What is the high power objective? | It is the longer if the two lenses close to the side |
What is the low power objective? | It is the shorter of the two lenses close to the side |
What is the body tube? | It gives the distance needed between the eyepiece and objective |
What is the coarse adjustment knob? | It moves the tube up and down |
What is the fine adjustment knob? | It moves the tube up and down, but only slightly |
What is the base? | It holds up the entire microscope |
What is the arm? | It supports the body tube |
What is the nosepiece? | It holds the objective lenses |
What is the mirror? | It reflects light into the tube |
What is the diaphragm? | It is a circular disk that adjusts the amount of light entering the stage area |
What is the stage? | It is a platform that supports the slide; it allows light to pass through |
What are the stage clips? | They hold the slide in place on the stage |
What is a lens? | It is a piece of glass that has been carefully shaped to bend light |
What are two kinds of microscope slides? | Temporary and permanent |
A temporary slide cannot be what? | Stored |
What is a temporary slide useful for? | Studying tiny, living organisms |
What can a permanent slide be? | Used over and over again |
How should a lens be cleaned? | With special lens paper |
What can cleaning with regular tissues do to the lens? | It could scratch the lens |
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