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Parts of Microscope Flashcards

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1
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What is the ocular lens?

A

Eyepiece where you look through

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2
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What is the body tube?

A

What the oculars are attached to

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3
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What is the arm?

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Yknow

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4
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What is the base?

A

yknow. Dont mix up with stage

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5
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What is the revolving nosepiece?

A

Where the different magnification lenses are

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6
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What are the objective lenses?

A

Lenses that magnify the specimen

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7
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What is the stage?

A

Holds the microscope

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8
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What is the condenser?

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On bottom of stage, it focuses light

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9
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What is the diaphragm?

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On the condenser on the bottom of the stage, it controls how much light is let through

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10
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What is the illuminator?

A

Light source

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11
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What is the coarse focus knob?

A

Big knob

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12
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What is the fine focus knob?

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Little knob

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13
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What is the base?

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Yknow

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14
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Why is it called a compound microscope and not a simple one?

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It has multiple different lenses

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15
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What is the magnification of the ocular lenses?

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10x

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16
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What is the magnification of the scanning lens?

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4x

17
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What is the magnification of the low power lens?

A

10x

18
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What is the magnification of the high power lens?

A

40x

19
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What is the magnification of the oil lens?

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100x

20
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How do you find total magnification?

A

Ocular lens magnification (10) x objective lens magnification (4, 10, 40, or 100)

21
Q

Path of light through a microscope?

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Illuminator -> condenser lens -> specimen -> objective lenses -> body tube -> prism -> ocular lens -> line of vision

22
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What lens should the microscope be left on after use?

A

Scanning (4x)

23
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What is magnification?

A

Increasing the apparent size of something

24
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What is resolution?

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The clarity of an image

24
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What is resolving power?

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The smallest thing we can see on a microscope, it’s 0.2 μm (micrometer)

25
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What is contrast?

A

Light and dark

26
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What is parfocal?

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When finding a specimen at one magnification, you can change the lens and still see it

27
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When finding a specimen at one magnification, you can change the lens and still see it. This means the microscope is ____

A

Parfocal

28
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Can you see images better with longer or shorter wavelengths?

A

Shorter

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