Microscopy

Question 1

Light miscroscope

Answer 1

Use light and lenses to form an image of a specimen and magnify it

Allow us to see individual cells and large sub cellular structures like nuclei

Question 2

Electron microscope

Answer 2

Use electrons instead of light to form an image

Have a much higher magnification and resolution than light microscopes

Let us see much smaller things in more detail like internal structures of mitochondria and and chloroplasts and even smaller things like ribosomes and plasmids

Question 3

Resolution

Answer 3

Ability to distinguish between two points

Higher the resolution, sharper the image