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Cards (5)

  • What are light microscopes?
    Microscopes that use visible light to magnify and observe small objects or organisms.
  • What are electron microscopes?
    Microscopes that use a beam of electrons to magnify and visualize objects at a very high resolution.
  • List some advantages of a light microscope.
    -cheap
    -view living organisms
    -can be used almost anywhere
  • List a disadvantage of a light microscope.
    low resolution.
  • Describe the features of an electron microscope.
    high resolution, expensive, big in size, cannot view living things.