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8th grade Science

Lab Practical Quick Quiz – Microscope and

Classification
1. Pretend you are looking through a microscope. You put the grid slide on the stage and this is
what you saw under low power. Each grid is 1.0 mm.

What is the diameter of the field of view?________________________

2. You put an object on the grid slide and this is what it looks like under low power.

What is the measurement of the object under the microscope? ______________

3. How do you measure an object under the microscope?________________________________

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4. Answer this question by sorting the objects:

“Is the object circular?”

Separate the objects into Box 1 and Box 2 according to your answer.

Box 1 Box 2

Be sure to record the letter of each object into the boxes above.

5. Based on the objects in Box 1 create a question that would separate them into Box 3 or Box 4.
Be sure that your question results in at least one object being placed in Box 3 and at least one
object being placed in Box 4. Your question must be based on an observable structure (do not
use color, size, or the material.)

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Box 3 Box 4