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Cell Observation for Students

This document summarizes an experiment comparing onion skin cells and human cheek cells under a microscope using iodine stain. Samples of each cell type were obtained, placed on slides, and some were stained with iodine. The slides were then viewed under a compound microscope at increasing magnifications, revealing that onion skin cells have a fixed shape due to their cell walls, while human cheek cells have irregular shapes since they lack cell walls.

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Cell Observation for Students

This document summarizes an experiment comparing onion skin cells and human cheek cells under a microscope using iodine stain. Samples of each cell type were obtained, placed on slides, and some were stained with iodine. The slides were then viewed under a compound microscope at increasing magnifications, revealing that onion skin cells have a fixed shape due to their cell walls, while human cheek cells have irregular shapes since they lack cell walls.

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Abstract

Plant and animal cells are very similar because they are both eukaryotic cells. These
are cells that contain a well-defined nucleus and in which the other organelles are held
together by membranes. All plant cells consists of a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm,
nucleus and large vacuole. Animal cells are similar to plant cells. However, they lack
cell wall and large vacuole. In this Experiment, We are using Stains, specifically the
“Iodine Stain”to help us see the cells and their organelles by adding some color in the
transparent parts. We are also using the compound microscope to observe the onion
skin cells and the human cheeks cells and to differentiate and examine the
characteristics of the two cells. To obtain an onion cells, a small part of onion was cut
off, and the outermost and the thinnest layer was peeled. In this layer is where the onion
cells are. To obtain human cheek cells, the inside lining of the cheeks were scrapped
with toothpicks. To complete the experiment we get two different samples of the onion
skin cells and the human cheeks cells. After obtaining the cells, all cells samples were
placed into four different glass slides. One onion skins cell and human cheeks cells
sample were dropped with a few drops of the iodine stain. The four different slides were
observed under the microscope with the magnifications of 4x, 10x, and 40x. During the
observation, it is noticeable that the onion cells have a fixed shape, while the human
cheeks cells have irregular shapes. It is due to the fact that onion cells has the presence
of cell wall, and the human cheeks cells lack of it.

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