What is one advantage of using the dissecting microscope instead of a compound light microscope?

Answer 1

A dissecting microscope has a lower magnification than a compound microscope. A dissecting microscope has a bigger work area so you can use it to magnify and still move around what ever your looking at.

A compound microscope would be used to look at cells that you could not see with out intense magnification You would have to use a microscope slide for whatever you wanted to look at.

Example: A dissecting microscope would be used to figure out the sex of Fruit flys. While a compound would be used if wanted to see the cells of a the fly's eye

Answer 2

the compound microscope allows for greater magnification than the dissecting microscope. Compound microscopes use a rotating nose with three different objective lenses offering different magnifications---typically up to 40x. The dissecting microscope has no rotating nose and offers magnification up to 30x. The compound microscope uses one light source located under the sample and utilizes an iris and a condenser that allow you to alter the direction and amount of light you use. The dissecting microscope uses a similar light source, but also includes incident lighting for illuminating the sample from above.

The most obvious difference between the compound and dissecting microscope is the size of the stage and its distance from the magnifying tube. The stage of a dissecting microscope is larger in comparison. The distance between the stage and the tube allows you to view larger, 3-D objects with a dissecting microscope, as opposed to the smaller samples viewable with a compound microscope. Thus, as the name implies, dissecting microscopes are most often used to magnify dissection of small insects and animals.

Answer 3

You can view live samples, and use it for organisms that are too large to be able to use a compound microscope. It also means you can keep organisms in their original form, and not have to "squash" or slice them to place on a slide.

Also you can manipulate the sample - with tweezers, scissors, etc - while viewing it under a dissecting microscope.

Answer 4

One advantage of using a dissecting microscope over a compound light microscope is that it provides a larger working distance between the specimen and the objective lens. This allows for easier manipulation and observation of thicker, larger samples.

Answer 5

A dissecting microscope's disadvantage is its magnification is generally less than that of a compound microscope. <- that answer works if this is for E2020..... Just tried it.

Answer 6

does low power or high power have a larger field of view and allow you to see more of the obect