| A | B |
| Rudolf Virchow | said that "animals come from animals, plants come from plants" |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | made the first microscope |
| Robert Hooke | named cells after looking at cork |
| Matthias Schleiden | discovered that plants are made of cells |
| Theodor Schwann | discovered that animals are made of cells |
| stage clips | metal; hold slide on the stage |
| stage | platform on which a slide is placed |
| coarse adjustment knob | makes large adjustments to the focus |
| fine adjustment knob | makes small adjustments to the focus |
| arm | connects the lenses to the base |
| base | supports the microscope |
| eyepiece | what the scientist looks into |
| body tube | connects the eyepiece to the objectives |
| revolving nosepiece | holds the high and low power objectives |
| low power objective | a small lens with low magnifying power |
| high power objective | a large lens with high magnifying power |
| diaphragm | adjusts the amount of light being shone onto the stage |
| light source | shines light upwards through the specimen |