Microscopes

Question 1

TEMs

Answer 1

Transmission electron microscope
Detail in a cell, shine a beam of electrons ugh a specimen
Requires a vacuum to operate

Question 2

Compound light microscope

Answer 2

Allows light to pass through a specimen
Two lenses to form an image
See dead and alive organisms
Use fluorescent dyes and special video cameras and computers to create 3D images

Question 3

Electron microscope

Answer 3

Use beams of electrons to form an image
Up to 1000x more than light
SEM and TEM
Living cells cannot be observed with this

Question 4

SEMs

Answer 4

Scanning electron microscope
See the surface, realistic and dramatic images
Requires a vacuum to operate