Microscope Lab Notes
Ocular magnifies
Body tube passageway for light
Objective magnifies
Course & fine adjustment focus
Stage holds slide
Slide holds specimen
Diaphragm adjusts light
Light provides light
Stage clips attach slide
Total magnification = objective magnification X ocular (eyepiece) magnification
Under high power the field of view is smaller, there is less light and the specimen is magnified even more.
In the microscope objects are seen upside down and backward.
Light must be able to pass through the specimen.