Track/Grade/Section: ____Stem 12-G Date Performed : ___Sept 20 , 2020

Date Submitted :September 20 , 2020

Members:
1. Adrian Anthony V Gasataya 2. Cahyo L. Ledda 3. Rizle Patopatin
PLANT AND ANIMAL CELLS

The study of biology often requires examination of structures/ organisms that need to be observed in their living
state. The following is a technique that provides a view of the structural details of a plant cell particularly that of an onion
(Allium cepa) skin.

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the activity, the students will be able to:
1. Examine and differentiate plant and animal cells using onion and cheek samples. 
2. Locate and identify visible organelles in the examined cells.
3. Know about fresh specimen preparation techniques by watching a video. 
4. Explain why such preparation is essential to biological studies. 

II. MATERIALS
Virtual Microscope
Virtual prepared slides of the ff:
Unstained Onion Epidermal Cells
Iodine stained Onion Cells
Stained Cheek Cells

III. RESULTS
● Examine the slides listed above under the different objective lenses.
● Take a screenshot of the image seen under the microscope and paste it on the designated box below.
● Encircle or put an arrow and label to the observe organelles. CELL MEMBRANE, CYTOPLASM, and
NUCLEUS, CELL WALL, VACUOLE.

Plant Cell: Unstained Onion Epidermal Cells

LPO ONION HPO ONION

Nucleus Cell wall

 vacuole
Onion cell
Cytoplasm
Plant Cell: Stained Onion Cells

LPO ONION HPO ONION

● How do the plant cells look like? How are they arranged?

Under the microscoped that we used, The plant cells are arranged in a
rectangular shapeds that are somewhat packed and forms a pattern.
Inside these rectangle shapes or the cell wall are the organelles.

● What cell parts are visible under the microscope that you used?

The cell parts that are visible under the microscope are The
nucleus,cytoplasm and the cell wall.

ANIMAL CELL: HUMAN CHEEK CELLS

LPO HPO
 Cell membrane
● How do your cheek cells look like? How are they arranged?

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Since this is multicellular, the cells are grouped together. The black dot is
the nucleus of the cells.

● What cell parts are visible under the microscope that you used?

Only can be seen under microscope is the Cell membrane and the nucleus
of the Cell.

IV. Analysis

● Create a Venn Diagram of plant and animal cells. Remember, things that they have in common go into the overlapping
area, things that are different go in the non-overlapping area.

PLANT CELL ANIMAL CELL

Nucleus
Cell membrane
Cell Wall Cytoplasm One Large
 Large Vacuole Cytoskeleton
Golgi Apparatus Cell Wall
Chloroplasts Vesicle
Ribosomes Chloroplasts
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Vacuole

Enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of fresh specimens from permanent

slide preparations.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

The color of the specimen can decompose quickly so you

Fresh specimen
be identified have to work fast

The texture is clear Fresh specimens are harder to

store than preserved.

Prepared slide fewer trapped air bubbles require much more elaborate
preparation

less chance of sample loss Over time the specimen may

also start to lose color

● Why is staining important in fresh specimen preparation?

For it to enhance visualization of the cell or certain cellular components under a microscope. Cells may also
be stained to highlight metabolic processes or to differentiate between live and dead cells in a sample.