Which type of microscope would be best to use if you wanted to look at the life in a drop of pond water???

Question

. Compound light microscope

B. Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

C. Scanning electron microscope (SEM)

THANKS

Answer 1

I vote for D -- a binocular microscope, since you can then slide the petri dish (filled with pondwater) and observe through the water, without making slides. Yes, it is significantly lower resolution, but I have to say that seeing the ameobas, parameciums, and other microscopic elements is cool. And once you have that microscope, find a kid with lice, pick off the louse, and watch him -- you can actually see the blood coursing through his body!! My, what a thrill to have that microscope!

Answer 2

That would be choice A, a compound light microscope.

Answer 3

Light microscopy, as it will keep the cells in the pond water alive and moving. Other types of microscopy require you to fix, stain and do all sorts of crazy things to your specimen, killing it in the process.