Microscope

Question 1

4 Types of Microscopes

Answer 1

Compound Microscope, Dissection Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)

Question 2

Who created the earliest compound microscope

Answer 2

Dutch spectacle maker Zacharias Janssen

Question 3

An earliest compound microscopes could magnify an object up to?

Answer 3

20 or 30 times its normal size

Question 4

Who is this?: He grind his own lenses to make a microscope

Answer 4

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Question 5

Ocular Lens also known as?

Answer 5

Eyepiece

Question 6

Magnifies; where you look through to see the image of your specimen.

Answer 6

Ocular Lens or Eyepiece

Question 7

Supports the tube and connects it to the base

Answer 7

Arm

Question 8

The flat platform where you place your slides

Answer 8

Stages

Question 9

Move stage up and down

Answer 9

Coarse Adjustment Knob

Question 10

Used to fine-tune the focus of your specimen

Answer 10

Fine Adjustment Knob

Question 11

The bottom of the microscope, used for support

Answer 11

Base

Question 12

This is considered the “foot” of the microscope

Answer 12

Base

Question 13

Connects the eyepiece to the objective lens

Answer 13

Body Tube

Question 14

The part that holds two or more objective lenses and can be rotated to easily change power

Answer 14

Revolving Nosepiece

Question 15

It holds the specimen in place

Answer 15

Stage Clips

Question 16

Controls the amount of light going through the specimen

Answer 16

Diaphragm

Question 17

Makes the specimen easier to see

Answer 17

Light

Question 18

Who looked at a silver of cork through a microscope lens

Answer 18

Robert Hooke