Why Are Modern Light Microscopes Better Than the Ones Leeuwenhoek

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why are modern light microscopes better than the ones Leeuwenhoek used?

• A) Modern microscopes are compound instead of simple.
• B) Modern lenses are made of prisms.
• C) Modern microscopes have lenses with smaller numerical apertures.
• D) Modern microscopes are compound and have fivefold better resolution.
• E) Modern microscopes have a fivefold better resolution.

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