light microscopes

• LIGHT MICROSCOPES:

  magnification: the enlargement of an image of an object.
• LIGHT MICROSCOPES:

  total overall magnification = eyepiece lens X objective lens
• LIGHT MICROSCOPES:

  light microscopes: uses light passed through lenses to magnify objects, can magnify till x1500
• LIGHT MICROSCOPES:

  resolution: the ability to see 2 points as seperate.
• tips to remember:

  eyepiece is at the top

  arm is where you hold it

  stage clip is where you keep the specimen still

  coarse focus is a bigger word so it's the main and bigger spinning thing.

  fine focus is the after; you fine detail it, so smaller

  revolving nosepiece is revolving.

  objective lens is on the revolving nosepiece.

  stage is where you put the specimen

  lamp is how you see your specimen

  base keeps everything up

  A) eyepiece

  B) arm

  C) rack stop

  D) stage clip

  E) coarse focus

  F) fine focus

  G) revolving nosepiece

  H) objective lens

  I) stage

  J) lamp

  K) base