An advantage of electron microscopes compared to light microscopes is that electron microscopes

are inexpensive and commonly used in most biology laboratories

allow you to view living cells, while light microscopes do not

have higher resolution that allows you to view smaller specimens

allow you to view the true colors of the specimens being viewed

Question

An advantage of electron microscopes compared to light microscopes is that electron microscopes

 

are inexpensive and commonly used in most biology laboratories

 allow you to view living cells, while light microscopes do not

 have higher resolution that allows you to view smaller specimens

 allow you to view the true colors of the specimens being viewed

anonymous · Answer

Higher resolution.  It actually requires killing and coating your sample in a metal like gold.  Then electrons are shot at it and the angle of their reflection is used to recreate the image.  This is why in SEM scopes there can be a "shadow".