Microscopy Search! Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- microscope : a device that uses light and lenses to make small things more easily observable.
- microbe : a living organism that is too small to see without the use of a microscope.
- ocular lens : another name for the eye piece of the microscope.
- stage : the platform part of the microscope that holds the slide/sample.
- coarse focus : the control dial of the microscope that adjusts the general focus. it is the first control to use when looking at your sample.
- fine focus : the control dial of the microscope that adjusts the fine focus. it is the control you use after you have focussed it more generally.
- objective : these are lenses that have different levels of magnification.
- pipette : a tube that has a bulb at one end, used to transferring small amounts of liquid.
- slide : a small rectangular piece of glass used to mount your sample.
