![Vison using eyes, Light microscopes and Electron microscopes.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/000/526/full/Resolving_power_of_microscopes_%E2%80%93_Science_Learning_Hub.png?1678745417)
Different types of microscope have different resolving powers. Light microscopes let us distinguish objects as small as a bacterium. Electron microscopes have much higher resolving power – the most powerful allow us to distinguish individual atoms.
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