The scanning electron microscope is most useful for?
-looking at the surface of a virus
-seeing animal tissue that is visible to the naked eye
-studying the structures of a live paramecium
-viewing a cell's mitochondria in detail

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anonymous · Answer

SEM(scanning electron microscope) uses to see the surface of a dead cell.
TEM(transmission electrone microscope)for studying organels...electrons pass the sample
in both you can not use alive samples

anonymous · Answer

Anything that is not alive. Because it uses electrons, it would kill any live samples that it scanned, making it impossible to study.