School of tomorrow

Experiment-2

Observing Onion Epidermal Cells

General Science

Yididiya-Ersido
7A
To: Ms. Samrawit
27-02-23

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Title: Observing onion epidermal cells
Objective: To look at the eternal parts of an onion
Required objects: -> Compound microscope
-> Glass slide
-> Onion
-> Distined Water

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Procedures;
1: Place a drop of water on the middle of a clean slide.

2: Gently remove a section of the skin from the onion.

3: Place the skin of the onion on the glass slide on a drop

of water.

4: Put the cover slide on the top very gently.

5: Clip the glass slide using the stage clipper.

6: Observe the onion using low power objective

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Discussion:
 First we added a drop of purified water to the glass
slide, and put the skin of the onion on the glass slide that
has water we then placed the dry glass slide on top of
the slide that has the onion. After that we attached the
glass slide to the stage of the microscope by using the
stage clippers. When we look into the compound
microscope we see the light that enables us to look at
the cells of the onion very clearly.

When we look deep into the epidermal cell of an

onion we find out that the epidermal cell of the onion
provides the onion a protective layer that protects the
onion from Viruses & Fungi that may harm the sensitive
tissues of the onion. We also see that the epidermal cell
of the onion is purple because it contains an anthocyanin
pigment in the vacuoles of its cell. The cells of an onion
skin range in size from 0.25 to 0.4 millimeters in length.

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Conclusion:
 So to conclude everything that has been written
before we see that we can look at the epidermal parts of
an onion very clearly by using an Electron Compound
microscope. And we can see many tiny cells on the skin
of the onion.

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