Step One - Obtain a clean microscope slide.
Step Two - Place a drop of liquid on the slide. This is the “wet” part of the wet mount. The liquid used depends on the type of cell being viewed:
If examining a plant cell, tap water can be used.
If examining an animal cell, physiological saline (or contact lens solution) must be used, because if plain water is used, the cell will explode from osmotic pressure. Unlike plant cells and bacteria, animal cells have no cell wall to structurally support them.
Step Three - Obtain the specimen to be used. Some introductory biology classics for viewing include:
Skin of an onion bulb: In order to view the cells, a very thin layer of skin must be obtained. Take a single layer of onion and bend it towards the shiny side. After it snaps, pull gently, and a transparent layer of skin, similar to Scotch tape, will appear.
Elodea leaf: Elodea leaves are two cell layers thick. The cells in one layer are smaller than the cells in the other, so elodea leaves can be used to better understand a microscope's depth of field.
Cheek cells: Human epithelial cells can be obtained by gently rubbing a toothpick on the inside of the mouth, and then swirling the toothpick in the physiological saline on the slide.
Pond water: Obtaining some water from a pond makes wet mount preparation a breeze, since the water and the specimens are both included.
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Question - Describe the cell theory and the developments that led to the cell theory.
Answer:
There are 3 main components of cell theory:
- Each and every organism is wither unicellular or multicellular.
- The basic unit of life is the cell.
- Cells are created from cells that had existed previously.
There were 3 scientists that made cell theory each of the 3 components of above were the 3 scientists.
- Mathia Schleiden discovered that plants were made of mainly cells.
- Rudolf Virchow discovered that cells are created from calls that had existed previously.
- Theodore Schwann discovered that animals were also made of mainly cells.
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Answer:
little pouches
Explanation:
the aleveoli are like small balloons, but not large ones. they exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide molecules (so they contain small amounts of air like a SMALL balloon, or in this situation a small pouch).
The number of predators and preys change from time to time following
cycles. Whenever there is fewer prey, predators start dying because they
have not enough to eat; however, that provokes the population of prey
to be increased while there are fewer predators. So if suddenly the
number of prey gets bigger, regardless of the number of predators, the
cycles get disturbed by this sudden occurrence. The predators will get
more to hunt, therefore getting more violent.
