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    Microscopes are devices that produce magnified images of structures too small to see with the naked eye. There are two main types: light microscopes, which use visible light and lenses to magnify specimens, and electron microscopes, which use electron beams to provide even higher magnification. Light microscopes are best for viewing small living organisms and stained dead specimens, while electron microscopes provide the highest level of detail but cannot view live specimens. Within electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes shine electrons through thin samples to view intracellular details, while scanning electron microscopes scan surfaces to create 3D surface images.

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    Microscopes are devices that produce magnified images of structures too small to see with the naked eye. There are two main types: light microscopes, which use visible light and lenses to magnify specimens, and electron microscopes, which use electron beams to provide even higher magnification. Light microscopes are best for viewing small living organisms and stained dead specimens, while electron microscopes provide the highest level of detail but cannot view live specimens. Within electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes shine electrons through thin samples to view intracellular details, while scanning electron microscopes scan surfaces to create 3D surface images.

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    Microscopes

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    Microscopes are devices that produce magnified images of structures too small to see with the naked eye. There are two main types: light microscopes, which use visible light and lenses to magnify specimens, and electron microscopes, which use electron beams to provide even higher magnification. Light microscopes are best for viewing small living organisms and stained dead specimens, while electron microscopes provide the highest level of detail but cannot view live specimens. Within electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes shine electrons through thin samples to view intracellular details, while scanning electron microscopes scan surfaces to create 3D surface images.

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    Microscopes
    Devices

    that produce magnified images


    of structures that are too small to see
    with the unaided eye

    Light

    Microscopes: produce magnified


    images by focusing visible rays

    Compound

    Light Microscopes: allow light


    to pass through specimen and use two lenses
    to form image

    Best for studying dead organisms and their


    parts
    Can view small living organisms and cells
    Chemical stains make this scope more useful

    Electron

    microscopes: Produce magnified


    images by focusing beams of electrons

    Best EM can produce images 1000x more detail


    than LM
    Cannot view live specimens

    Transmission

    Electron Microscopes (TEM):


    shine beam of e- through a thin specimen

    Details inside the cell

    Scanning

    Electron Microscopes (SEM):scan


    narrow bean of electrons back and forth across
    the surface of a specimen

    Produces realistic, dramatic, 3D images of the


    surfaces of objects

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