Chapter 1 Additional Notes

You should only use the coarse focus adjustment with which lens or lenses on a microscope?

low-power lens because otherwise the image will move in out of focus too quickly and you
run the risk of crashing the Objective lens into the slide on the stage

Cover slip should always be held by the edges

Wet mount is a slide useful for viewing moving things

Dry mount is a slide useful for viewing non-living things

Examples of a stain (injected into a cell to make viewing it easier) are, food colouring, iodine,
and methylene blue.