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Mo. 1 - L4a What are the Types of Microscopes?

Key Concept
What are the Types of Microscopes?
What are the types of microscopes, and how
do they compare?

Types of Microscopes

COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
A compound microscope is a light microscope that
uses more than one lens to enlarge images up to
1,500 times their original size.

Using Microscopes

Microscopes can assist doctors by enabling them to
view a surgical area in greater detail.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE
An electron microscope can magnify an image up to
100,000 times or more.
Because objects must be mounted in plastic and There are many uses for microscopes in fields in
sliced, a transmission electron microscope (TEM) addition to health care:
can only be used to view nonliving objects.
A scanning electron microscope Forensic scientists use
(SEM) is used to view a microscopes to study
three-dimensional image evidence from crime scenes.
of an object.

People who study fossils use
microscopes to examine
fossils and other materials
from where fossils are found.

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