Microscopes

Question 1

Microscope parts

Answer 1

• Occular lens
• Objective lens
• Stage
• Diaphragm
• Arm
• Light source
• Fine focus knob
• Course focus knob

Question 2

What are microscopes

Answer 2

Microscopes are used to view microscopic organisms. The English scientist Robert Hooke used a simple microscope to investigate cork. The cork was made of small boxes that he named cellulae. Today, we now use the term cells. The Dutchman Anton Van Leeuwenhoek looked at pond water and saw small organisms moving. He was the first scientist to describe living organisms. The most complex microscope is known as the electron microscope which can magnify an object up to 50 million times.