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Microscopes

Label all of the sections of the light microscope:

Sort the statements into advantages and disadvantages for electron microscopes by
shading the advantages green and the disadvantages pink:

Require specialist training

Very expensive Extremely high resolution
to use

The specimen must be

Can magnify up to 500 000 Possible to investigate a
fixed in a vacuum and
x greater field depth
therefor dead

Exam question:
Explain three key advantages of an electron microscope over a light microscope and how these can be
applied to the study of cellular organelles (3)

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