Light Microscope: Small and portable, Images can be viewed in actual color., Cheaper and easier to use, Can view live samples, Lower magnification, Lower resolution, Specimen must be thin enough for light to pass through, Electron Microscope: Higher magnification, Higher resolution, Very large, Cannot view live samples, Images are gray scale unless falsely colored., Expensive, High training and a high degree of skill needed,

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