| A | B |
| microscope | an instrument used to look at very small objects |
| simple microscope | a microscope having one lens |
| compound microscope | a microscope having more than one lens |
| stereo-microscope | a compound microscope having two eyepiece lenses |
| eyepiece lens | a lens on a microscope that your eye looks through |
| objective lens | a lense on a microcope that is closest to the object |
| stage | the flat platform on a microscope where objects are placed |
| base | the bottom structure of a microscope |
| wet mount | a slide made with water or other liquid |
| adjustment knob | used to focus an image on a microscope |