1. Microscope
Vocabulary

2. Eyepiece
Ocular = eye lens
It is what you look through.

3. Nosepiece Rotate = moves around
Magnification = makes the size seem bigger
It holds the objective
lenses to make
things seem bigger.

4. Objective Lenses Low Power = a little bigger High Power = a lot bigger
It is found on
the nosepiece.
They make
things bigger.

5. Stage Clips
They hold the slide in place.

6. Light Source
It shines light upwards.

7. Arm
The part of the microscope that is used to carry and help with supporting it.

8. Coarse Adjustment Knob
Specimen = example of an organism
View = see
It moves the stage up
and down.

9. Fine Adjustment Knob
It makes for a sharper view.
It’s like HD TV. 

10. Diaphragm
Adjust = to arrange or fix
It adjusts the amount of
light.

11. Base
The bottom part of the microscope.

12. Stage It holds the slide.
*It’s like a stage for a play. (It is where the action is.

13. Cover Slip It covers the slide.

14. Slide The plate the specimen is put on.

15. Power Magnification = make the size seem bigger How much bigger the
object is made.
Magnified Ruler

16. Microbes Micro = VERY small Organism = a living thing
Very small living things.