Microscopes

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What do Microscopes do?
They let us see things that we can't see with the naked eye.
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As knowledge has improved, microscopy techniques have improved, what else has helped it improve?
Technology.
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Light microscopes use...and... to form an image of a specimen and magnify it.
Light and lenses.
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What do light microscopes let us see?
Individual cells and large subcellular structures.
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Electron microscopes use...instead of light to form an image.
electrons
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Give 3 advantages of electron microscopes.
Higher magnification. Higher resolution. Let us see smaller things in more detail.
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What is resolution?
The ability to distinguish between 2 points.
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