Compare the advantages and disadvantages of light and electron microscopes.

Electron microscopes have higher magnification and higher resolution than light microscopes. Scanning electron microscopes can be used to examine the surface of cells and structuresLight microscopes can be used to examine living cells, electron microscopes cannot.

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