Microscope

Question 1

How do you carry a microscope?

Answer 1

• With two hands one hand holding the arm the other supporting the base.

Question 2

You should you clean the lenses of a microscope?

Answer 2

• using lens paper

Question 3

How do you prepare a wet mount?

Answer 3

• Place the specimen on a glass slide, put a drop of water on the specimen. At a 45 degree angle, place the coverslip over the specimen

Question 4

What is the first step when focusing the microscope?

Answer 4

• Start with low power, using coarse adjustment knob, focus the object.
• Switch to the medium power objective lens. Use the coarse adjustment knob for sharper focusing.
• Switch to the high power objective lens and use the fine adjustment knob for further focusing

Question 5

Why should the fine adjustment knob only be used under medium and high power objective lens?

Answer 5

• It may break the slide

Question 6

How should you store the microscope?

Answer 6

1. ) Store under low power
2. ) Wrap the wire over the base of the microscope
3. ) Cover the microscope with its bag
4. ) Store the microscope by its numbered order

Question 7

How do you calculate the total magnification of the microscope?

Answer 7

• Objective lens x eyepiece

Question 8

What is the body tubes function?

Answer 8

• The part through which light passes from one set of lenses to the next

Question 9

What is the nosepiece’s function

Answer 9

• The parts that contain lenses that support 2 or three lenses with different magnifications.

Question 10

What is the objective lens function

Answer 10

• The parts closes to the specimen that magnifies the image based on it’s power. 4x low, 10x medium, 40x high

Question 11

What is the stages function

Answer 11

• The flat platform which holds the specimen

- Mechanical system

Question 12

What is the iris diaphragms function?

Answer 12

Controls the amount of light passing through the specimen

- Light system

Question 13

What is the lamps function

Answer 13

• Light source

- light system

Question 14

What is the eyepeices function?

Answer 14

• Contains lenses that magnify the image already magnified by the objective lens

Question 15

What is the arms function?

Answer 15

• Vertical support for the focusing gear

- Mechanical system

Question 16

What is the coarse adjustments function?

Answer 16

Used to bring the specimen into focus, by increasing the distance between the specimen and objective lens
- Part of the mechanical system

Question 17

What is the fine adjustment function?

Answer 17

Used to sharpen the image of the specimen

- part of the mechanical system

Question 18

What is the bases function

Answer 18

Support structure of the microscope

- part of the mechanical system