Microscopy

• Light microscopes use light and lenses to form an image and magnify it
• Light microscopes let us see individual cells and their structures
• Electron microscopes use electrons to form an image
• Electron microscopes have a higher magnification and resolution
• Resolution - the ability to distinguish between two points
• Electron microscopes let us see smaller things in more detial, like the internal structures of mitochondria and chloroplasts
• Magnification = Image size / Real size