Name: ___________________________
Microscope Parts
Word Bank
Light
Fine
Eyepiece
Base
Head
Arm
Stage
High
Low
Stage
Coarse
Nosepiece
Medium
Diaphragm
Across
6. This objective lens magnifies what you see 10x. (_ _ _ _ _ _ power lens).
7. Two clips that hold the slides in place. ( _ _ _ _ _ clips).
10. The bottom of the microscope that is used for support.
12. This adjustment knob is used to make large adjustments to help focus the microscope.
It should not be used on high power.
13. A rotating turret that allows different views without moving the microscope.
14. This part provides illumination to the microscope.
Down
1. This adjustment knob is used to make small adjustments to help focus the microscope. It’s
usually only used on high power.
2. This part provides support for the lenses and eyepiece and connects them to the base.
3. This is a rotating disk under the stage with different sized holes and is used to vary the
intensity of light projected upward into the slide.
4. This is the part that holds three objective lenses and can be rotated to easily change power.
5. This objective lens magnifies what you see 40x. (_ _ _ _ power lens).
8. This objective lens magnifies what you see 4x. (_ _ _ power lens).
9. The flat platform where you place your slides.
11. The lens at the top that you look through. It usually provides an extra 10x magnification.