Microscopy Search! Crossword Puzzle

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.