Suppose you are doing an experiment where you determine the value of one parameter, say density of a liquid. You have two methods in doing this. By finding the mass and volume, and by using a densitometer. Reproducibility is when you get the same value of density for both methods. Replicability is when you have similar results in one method. So, replicability is a measure of precision, while reproducibility is a measure of accuracy.
The different types of microscopes are all necessary because not all experiments require the same level of magnification. ... All microscopes allow visualization of samples that are too small to be viewed by the naked eye.