Required Practicals - Microscopy

Question 1

What are the materials needed for the microscopy practical?

Answer 1

-microscope
-a slide of plant/animal cells

Question 2

What is the objective of the microscopy practical?

Answer 2

To use a light microscope to observe, draw and label cells.

Question 3

What is the name of the part of the microscope that you look through?

Answer 3

The eyepiece

Question 4

What are the names of the two lenses in the microscope?

Answer 4

High power and low power objective

Question 5

What is the name of the part of the microscope that the slide of cells stands on?

Answer 5

The stage

Question 6

How do you bring the cells into focus? (Microscopy Practical)

Answer 6

Slowly turn the coarse knob to increase the distance between the objective lens and the slide until cells come into view.

Question 7

What power lens do you start with? Which one do you end with? (Microscopy Practical)

Answer 7

Start with the x4 lens, increase to the x40 and then the x400

Question 8

What do you do to get results from the practical? (Microscopy)

Answer 8

Draw a diagram of the cells pictured