microscopy

• microscopes let us see things that we can't see with the naked eye.
• light microscopes use light and lenses to form an image and magnify it.
• light microscopes let us see individual cells and large subcellular structures.
• electron microscopes use electrons instead of light to form an image.
• electron microscopes have a much higher magnification and a higher resolution than light microscopes.
• electron microscopes let us see much smaller things like the internal structures of subcellular structures like mitochondria
• resolution is the ability to distinguish between two points, so a higher resolution gives a sharper, clearer image.
• magnification= image size/ real size
• 1000 micrometre = 1 millimetres