Microscopy

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What is a light microscope?
They use light and lenses to form an image of a speciment and magnify it - we can see individual cells and large subcellular structures like nuclei
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What is a electron microscope?
They use electrons instead of light to form an image, These have a much higher magnification.
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What is an advantage for an electron microscope?
It has more resolution, so they call see smaller things in more detail.
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What is an advatange for a light microscope?
We can see individual cells and large subcelluar structures like nuclei.
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What is a light microscope?

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They use light and lenses to form an image of a speciment and magnify it - we can see individual cells and large subcellular structures like nuclei

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What is a electron microscope?

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