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16 Cards in this Set
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What is the eyepiece?
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The lens closest to the eye that we look through.
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What is an ocular lens?
Magnification power? |
The lens in the eyepiece.
Magnifies 10x. |
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What is the nosepiece?
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It holds the objective lenses.
Rotates to change power. |
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What is the objective lens?
Magnification power? |
Lenses in the nosepiece.
Magnifies 10, 40, 100x. |
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What is the Abbe Condenser?
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It condenses and focuses the light after it passes through the diaphragm.
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What is the Iris Diaphragm?
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It controls the amount of light passing through to the Abbe Condenser.
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What is the stage?
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Holds the slide. Dials allow for precise movement.
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What is the light source?
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Illuminates the slides and varies amount for visibility.
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What are the coarse and fine adjustments?
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Both bring object into focus. Always use coarse first, followed by fine. Never use coarse adjustment on 100x.
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Why is it convenient to have a parfocal microscope?
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The specimen will stay in focus when rotated.
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Why is it convenient to have a parcentral microscope?
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The specimen will stay centered when rotated.
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What is used to clean a dirty slide?
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Kimwipes.
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What is used to clean a dirty lens?
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Fisher lens paper.
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Name three basic morphologies of bacteria.
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Coccus (cocci): round.
Bacillus (bacilli): aka rods. Spirals. |
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What does it mean microorganisms are ubiquitous?
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They are everywhere.
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Bacterial species have 2 names. Name both.
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1. Genus: always capitalized.
2. Specific epithet: not capitalized. Both are always underlined or italicized. |
