Which developed later: light microscopy or electron microscopy?
Electron microscopy.
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Which developed later: light microscopy or electron microscopy?
Electron microscopy.
How do electron microscopes compare with light microscopes in magnification and resolving power?
Electron microscopes have much higher magnification and resolving power.
What does higher magnification do to an image?
It produces a larger image.
What does higher resolution allow a microscope to distinguish?
Points closer together as separate.
How has the greater resolving power of electron microscopes advanced understanding of cells?
It has revealed cells in finer detail, allowing biologists to observe and understand more sub-cellular structures.