Question

You are a marine biologist who wants to study what type of zooplankton (microscopic animals that live in the ocean and feed larger organisms) inhabit a particular area of the Pacific Ocean. You have taken your samples, but now need to collect your data. What advantage would using a compound light microscope have over using a dissecting microscope? can anyone help me

Answer 1

The advantage of the compound light microscope over the dissecting microscope is the magnification power of the telescope. Compound light microscope magnifies from 40x up to 1,000x while dissecting microscope magnifies up to 40 x only. In this regard, more magnification power is advantageous to view smaller objects.