Microscope are useful when finding out the mutation the lichen take to adapt to different environment. Microscopes are vital when looking at cells as the organals the cell contain can’t be seen by thew naked eye. A light microscope project a visible light usually onto a small organism, which will allow you to get a good visual look.

Magnification is the ability to make small objects seem larger, such as making a microscopic organism visible. Resolution is the ability to distinguish two objects from each other. Light microscopy has limits to both its resolution and its magnification

While a light microscope uses light to illuminate specimens and glass lenses to magnify images, an electron microscope uses a beam of electrons to illuminate organism and magnetic lenses to magnify images. The resolution is the main difference between these two microscopes.