Multiple Choice
Which microscope setting would allow you to observe a specimen with the highest possible magnification?
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Introduction to Microscopes
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Which type of lens is attached to the nosepiece of a compound light microscope?
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Eyepiece lens
B
Ocular lens
C
Condenser lens
D
Objective lens
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Understand the components of a compound light microscope, which typically include the eyepiece (ocular lens), objective lenses, condenser lens, and the nosepiece.
Recall that the eyepiece or ocular lens is located at the top of the microscope where you place your eye, not attached to the nosepiece.
Recognize that the condenser lens is located below the stage and is used to focus light onto the specimen, so it is not attached to the nosepiece either.
Identify that the nosepiece is the rotating part of the microscope that holds multiple objective lenses of different magnifications.
Conclude that the lenses attached to the nosepiece are the objective lenses, which are responsible for primary magnification of the specimen.
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