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Compound Microscope
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Microscope having more than one lens and uses a beam of light to magnify objects.
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Electron Microscope
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Microscope that uses a beam of electrons to magnify objects.
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Objective Lens
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The lens on a microscope that is closest to the object being viewed.
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Focal Plane
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The distance at which a microscope lens focuses.
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Wet Mount Slide
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A slide made with the object to be viewed to which water has been added and a cover slip placed on top.
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Slide
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A piece of glass on which the object to be viewed by a microscope if placed.
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Field of View
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The round, lighted view that you see when you look through the eyepiece of a microscope.
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Eyepiece Lens
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The lens that you put your eye to on a microscope.
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Cover slip
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Small piece of glass or plastic that is placed over the specimen on a slide.
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Revolving Nosepiece
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The part of the microscope that holds the different power objective lenses that can be rotated to change the magnification.
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