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Which colour of visible light would give the best resolution in a microscope?
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ultraviolet light.
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What microscope uses visible light?
The light microscope uses visible light. Light microscopes are what are usually used in science classrooms.
Is cytoplasm visible with a light microscope?
The cytoplasm is somewhat clear when looking through a light microscope. However you can see where the cytoplasm is. You can see cell walls and cell membranes through a light microscope, the spaces in between these lines is cytoplasm.
What can be seen under a electron microscope and not a light microscope?
An electron microscope has a much higher magnifying power and resolution than a regular light microscope. One can visualize molecules and even atoms using an electron microscope. This is not possible with a light microscope
What produces an image of a specimen by passing visible light through it?
Its a Light Microscope! (=
Explain the difference between a light scanning and electron microscope?
A scanning electron microscope will scan the surface and an electron microscope looks inside.
What microscope uses visible light?
The light microscope uses visible light. Light microscopes are what are usually used in science classrooms.
What are the advantage and disadvatges of a light microscope?
The advantages and disadvantages of the light microscope relate to light, magnification and resolution. Light microscopes magnify visible light--an obvious advantage, since this is what our eyes can see. Magnification (how large an object appears) and resolution (the clarity of details) are both limited when using light microscopes.
What is the difference of a light microscope and a scanning electron microscope?
A light microscope uses visible light to magnify and view specimens, offering lower magnification and resolution compared to a scanning electron microscope (SEM) which uses a focused beam of electrons to image the sample, providing higher magnification and resolution. SEM can produce 3D images of the sample surface while light microscopes typically provide 2D images.
Is cytoplasm visible with a light microscope?
The cytoplasm is somewhat clear when looking through a light microscope. However you can see where the cytoplasm is. You can see cell walls and cell membranes through a light microscope, the spaces in between these lines is cytoplasm.
How does an electron microscope differs from a light microscope?
The light microscope use the visible light; the electron microscope use an electrons beam.
Why would be it advantageous to use blue light with compound microscope?
Blue lighthas the shortestwavelengthof the visible spectrum. The shorter the wavelength, the higher the resolution one can achieve with alight microscope.The resolution using only blue light is about 4 times better than with using all the wavelengths of visible light.
State how an electron microscope differs from a light microscope?
An electron microscope bombards its target with electrons, while a traditional microscope uses visible light. Electrons can be resolved at considerably higher magnifications that visible light (due to their smaller wavelength).
Is flagella viewable through an electron microscop or a light microscope?
Eukaryotic flagella are visible through a light microscope. Bacterial flagella are only visible with a light microscope if they are specially stained with a mordant and a flagella stain.
What is the smallest structures visible with the light microscope are the?
bacteria.
When can you see chromosomes under light microscope?
only at the time of cell division in the metaphase and in the anaphase the chromosome are visible. because at this time the chromatin get aggregate and form the thick chromosome which are visible under microscope.
What organelle in a cheek cell are not visible under a light microscope?
The organelles in a cheek cell that are not visible under a light microscope are the ribosomes. These organelles are responsible for protein synthesis.
Types of microorganisms can be seen in a light microscope?
Bacteria are the smallest of microorganisms that are visible under a light microscope. A light microscope can see things as small as 0.2 micrometres!
