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TermDefinition
eyepiececontains a lens that magnifies about 10X
body tubeseparates the eyepiece lens from the objective lens
coarse adjustment knobmoves the body tube for focusing with the low-powered objective lens
fine adjustment knobmoves the body tube for focusing with the high-powered objective tube
armsupports the body tube
stagesupports the slide being moved
stage clipholds the slide in place
basesupports the microscope
noise pieceholds the low-powered and high-powered objective lenses; allows the lenses to rotate for viewing
low-powered objective lensmagnifies 10X
high-powered objective lensmagnifies by 40X
diaphragmcontrols the amount of light passing through the opening of the stage
mirrorreflects light upward though the diaphragm

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Creator rancruz
Created October 17, 2008
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  1. arm supports the body tube - 2 misses
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