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Using A Microscope

The document provides instructions on how to identify the parts of a microscope and properly use a microscope. It describes the correct procedure to carry a microscope and the steps to observe a specimen, including placing the specimen slide on the stage and using the coarse and fine adjustment knobs to focus the image. It also includes practice instructions to observe onion cells under the microscope.

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Using A Microscope

The document provides instructions on how to identify the parts of a microscope and properly use a microscope. It describes the correct procedure to carry a microscope and the steps to observe a specimen, including placing the specimen slide on the stage and using the coarse and fine adjustment knobs to focus the image. It also includes practice instructions to observe onion cells under the microscope.

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Using a microscope

A. What are the parts of a microscope?


Label the diagram with the words provided below.

clip base mirror objective coarse adjustment knob

arm stage eyepiece fine adjustment knob

What is the correct way of carrying a microscope from one place to another?
(Hint: Which two parts should you hold when you carry a microscope?)
B. How do we use a microscope to observe a specimen?

Complete the following steps with the words provided.

microscope eyepiece objective coarse adjustment knob slide specimen


mirror stage clips fine adjustment knob image

Steps:
1

Put a table lamp in front of the .

2
Place a slide on the , and fix it with the

. The on the slide should be

right above the hole of the stage.

3
Look at the
microscope from
the side. Turn the

carefully to

lower the

objective

until it is very close to the

.
4
Look through the eyepiece. Turn the coarse adjustment knob to

raise the objective slowly until you can see an

of the specimen.
5

Turn the to get a sharper

image. The image is now in focus.

C. Practice
Procedure onion cells
1. Peel a translucent piece of tissue from the onion. (The smaller the piece the
better.) Translucent means that you can see light through the specimen, but it is
not transparent.
2. Place the piece of onion on a glass slide and add a drop or two of the water
solution. Cover the slide with a cover slip using your best wet-mount making
techniques.
3. Observe the onion cell under both low and high power. Make a drawing of one
onion cell, labeling all of its parts as you observe them.
4. Draw and label the onion cell.

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