microscopes

Question 1

How do you Calculate magnification

Answer 1

magnification (divide)
= size of image
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size of real object

Question 2

What has a higher resolution an electron or light microscope

Answer 2

electron microscope

Question 3

What is the resolution

Answer 3

Its the minimum distance between 2 objects where they can be seen as two separate objects

Question 4

Benefits of using light microscopes

Answer 4

They’re cheap , easy to use, small and light weight, and they’re unaffected by electromagnetic fields, also can be used to view living objects

Question 5

benefits of using the electron microscope

Answer 5

It has high magnification and high resolution and can be used to view sub cellular structures

Question 6

Disadvantages of electron microscopes

Answer 6

They are expensive and very hard to use they cannot be used to see living objects and has a High sensitivity to vibration and external magnetic fields, which can affect the accuracy of the readings.

Question 7

disadvantages of the light microscope

Answer 7

They have a low magnification
and a low resolution.
and its very hard to view internal structures

Question 8

what are the two types of electron microscopes

Answer 8

the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope