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Get To Know Your MICROSCOPE!

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1. Wasn't that a treat? Hey! I've got another question for you! What exactly is meant by "FIELD
OF VIEW"?

2. Good! Now, examine this diagram of what you could see through a microscope.
EEEEKKKK!! What a nasty little bug! The field of view is the distance across
the middle of the circle. If I were to tell you that you are looking at the bug
(Let's call him Rufus) through the low power lens, and that the distance across
the middle of the low-power field of view is 4.5 mm (that's equal to 4500
micrometers), how big is Rufus in mm and in micrometers (µm)?
_____________________________

3. If I told you that the field of view under medium power was 1500 µm, would Rufus fit in the field of
view? ______________

4. Always carry a microscope with one hand on the _________and the other hand on the
________________.

5. A microscope should be stored with the ______________ ______________objective lens in

place.

6. Always bring a specimen into focus using the ______________power objective lens first.

7. Never use the ______________adjustment knob when focusing under medium or high power.

8. Use only the ______________adjustment when focusing with the high-power objective.

9. Lenses should be cleaned only with ______________tissue.

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