Compound Light Microscopes 1. Why would a scientist want to stain a specimen before observing it

with a compound light microscope?

A. To study the movement of the specimen

B. To increase the visual contrast in the specimen

C. To blur differences between structures of the specimen

OD. To increase the magnification power of the microscope

Check Answer

The correct option is B.

To increase the visual contrast in the specimen

Explanation:

Compound microscope is a microscope that consist of large lenses to enlarge images. Scientist normally stain specimen before they observed it under compound microscope because it will visualise the specimen and make some component of it to be visualise well. Some metabolic processes can also be differentiated and observed well.