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16 Cards in this Set
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How do you move the microscope |
Put your dominat hand under the front where theres an indentation and your other hand into the indentation on the back |
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What do you do before you plug the microscope in? |
Set the light intensity to 1 |
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What do you do immediately after turning on the microscope |
Set the light intensity to 6 |
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What should you check before inserting the slide |
Make sure the slide isn't upside |
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What should you do before using the 100x oil immersion lens? |
Put a drop of immersion oil on the slide where the stain is |
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How do you control contrast and brightness |
By using the iris diaphragm lever |
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What should you set the iris diaphragm lever to when using 1000x magnification |
0.9 |
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Where should the condenser be? |
All the way up |
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How much do the ocular lens magnify the image by |
10x/10 times |
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What are the magnification of the red,blue, yellow, and white |
Red is 4x magnificationband it times the ocular lens = 40x magnification Yellow is 10x magnification and it times the ocular lens = 100x magnification Blue is 40x magnificationand that times the ocular lens = 400x magnification White is 100x magnificationand that times the ocular lens = 1000x magnification(needs oil immersion) |
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What does the immersion oil do? |
It prevents distortion of the image at 1000x magnification It behaves optically like glass |
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How to start focusing |
Turn the coarse focus knob away from you to raise the stage until the lens just touches the oil and the light scatters |
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How finalize your focus |
Put your eyes in the ocular lens slowly and lazily turn the fine focus away from you till you see a flash of color then zero in on the image |
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What to do if it's been more then 30 seconds and you don't see anything |
Redo the first focusing step |
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What to do when you have complete focus |
Use the iris diaphragm lever to adjust the light and get complete contrast |
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How to put away the microscope |
Remove the slide Lower the stage and wipe the oil of the lens Set light intensity back to 1 Turn off microscope Unplug it Wrap up cord then tuck it in Put in cabinet |
