The difference is the number of lenses that each microscope has. A compound microscope has 2 or more lenses, like those found in most science classrooms. A simple microscope only uses 1 lens.
Compound microscope - a microscope which uses multiple lenses to collect light from the sample, and then a separate set of lenses to focus the light into the eye or camera. It shines a light from...
Compound Microscope Parts and Functions.
Nosepiece: holds the objective lenses Eyepiece: allows 10x magnification and allows look at specimen Aperature: controls amount of light on specimen Lamp:...