Ques.1: Why do you think that you had to use a thin layer of onion skin, rather than a thick layer for the microscope?
Ans:- It is because, I the onion peel is thick layered, then it will be hard or impossible to see through the microscope.
Ques.2: When iodine reacts with starch, it produces a blue-black color. Starch is a white substance which plants use to store food. What structure did you see better because of the iodine? Why did you see this structure better?
Ans: Amylose in starch is responsible for the formation of a deep blue color in the presence of iodine. The iodine molecule slips inside of the amylose coil.
This makes a linear triiodide ion complex with is soluble that slips into the coil of the starch causing an intense blue-black color.
Due to this, we can see the structure better.
Ques.3: From low power to high power, what structures became clearer in the stained onion tissue?
Ans: From lower to higher power, we can see:-
-- Large, rectangular interlocking cells,
-- Clearly visible distinct cell walls surrounding the cells,
-- Dark stained nucleus,
-- Large vacuoles at the center,
-- Small granules may be observed inside the cells (within the cytoplasm)
Ques.4: What is the shape of an onion cell?
Ans: The shape of an onion cell is rectangular or square in shape.