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| a microscope with more than one set of lenses |
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| the lens of the microscope through which you look |
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| a tiny living thing not easily seen with the unaided eye |
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| an instrument used to enlarge the image of an object |
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| the magnifying lens nearest the object being viewed |
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| the part of a microscope supporting the body tube |
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| the bottom, supporting structure of a microscope |
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| the microscope part, holding the eyepiece and the objective lenses, that moves up and down to allow focusing |
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| the joint allowing the body tube to be tilted for easier viewing |
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| the part of a microscope at the base of the body tube to which the objective lenses are attached and can be turned |
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| the part of a light microscope that controls the amount of light entering the field of view |
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| the objective lens usually magnifying an object being viewed about 40 times (40x) |
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| the objective lens usually magnifying an object being viewed about 10 times (10x) |
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| the objective lens with the lowest magnification, usually used to locate objects being viewed |
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| a thin, rectangular piece of clear glass or plastic on which an object is placed for viewing under a microscope |
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| the flat part of a microscope below the objective lens on which the prepared slide is placed |
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| the LARGE knob on the microscope which, when turned, brings the image of the object into FOCUS |
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| the SMALL knob on the microscope which, when turned, brings the image of the object into SHARPEST FOCUS |
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| the lamp (or mirror) under the stage that sends light through the object being viewed |
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