Microscope Quiz

• Light Microscope - uses mirror - light bulb to ocus and magnify objects (magnify 1,500x)
• Light Microscope - uses visible light as their radiation
• Electron Microscope - uses beams of electrons instead of light (magnify 1,000x)
• Electron Microscope - have a higher revolving power than light microscopes and can reveal the structure or smaller objects
• Compound Microscope - one of the most important tool, used to see microscopic world or objects too small for the naked eye. Also, used to diagnose for cancer
• Eyepiece - hold ocular lens; lens that you look through; magnified image of objective lens
• Arm - supports tube and connects it to the base
• Stage Clip - hold microscope slide in place
• Coarse Adjustment - Raises/Lowers stage to bring image into sharp focus
• Base - supports the microscope
• Illuminator - light source
• Fine Adjustment - brings image into sharp focus
• Stage - platforms where the specimen are placed for observation with a microscope
• Body tube - a hollow tube through which light travels from the objective to ocular
• Diaphragm - controlling the amount of light that passes through the specimen