microscope

• Light microscope


  • Used to study cells
  • Allowed important discoveries about cell structures like the nucleus
  • Limited magnification
  • Limited quality
• Electron microscope


  • Much greater magnification than light microscope
  • Much greater quality than light microscope
• Calculating magnification


  Magnification = Size of image / Size of real object
• magnification of the microscope:

  
  

  magnification of eyepiece x magnification of objective lens