Light Microscope: Uses light to form an image, Can look at alive specimens, Lower resolution, Image viewed in colour, Magnification of up to x1500, Carried out in air, Electron Microscope: Uses electrons to form an image, Higher resolution, Non-living specimens, Image viewed in black and white, Magnification of up to x1,500,000, Carried out in a vacuum,

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