Question

Sophia is observing slides under a microscope while adjusting its mirror so that a circle of light can be seen. Which type of microscope is she using?

electron microscope



compound light microscope



scanning electron microscope

Answer 1

the correct answer is a compound light microscope. 

Answer 2

The correct answer is the compound light microscope.

Explanation:

A compound light microscope comes with two or more lens and it has its own light source. There are objective lenses in a nose piece close to the specimen and ocular lenses in the binocular eyepieces.

A compound light microscope is comparatively small, so it’s easy to use and store, and it has its own light source.

Compound light microscopes reveal very fine details in slides because of their multiple lenses.

Thus, the correct answer is the compound light microscope.