Year 8 - SCI - Biology - By Ayrton Carmichael and Max Miles

• Microscopic


  An object that are so small it can only be seen with a microscope.
• Binocular Microscope


  Microscopes with two eye pieces / ocular lenses.
• Monocular microscope


  Microscopes with only one eye piece / ocular lens.
• Magnification


  How much the magnified image is bigger than the real object.
• Ocular Lens


  The lens that one looks through. Also known as the eyepiece lens.
• Objective Lens


  The lens which can be twisted around, and that there are often three of, the one that is closer to the specimen.
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The stage. (Note: it isn't the slide)

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The base.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The body tube.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The focus knobs.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The light.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The objective lenses.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The ocular (a.k.a eyepiece) lens.

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The slide. (Note: it isn't the stage)

  
• What part of the microscope is this?

  The stage slide clips.