How to make an onion epidermis

Question 1

Step 1

Answer 1

Cut out a small piece of onion

Question 2

Step 2

Answer 2

Peel off the inner surface

Question 3

Step 3

Answer 3

Put the piece of onion flat on a slide and add two drops of water

Question 4

Step 4

Answer 4

Lower the coverslip onto the slide using a mounted needle

Question 5

Step 5

Answer 5

Place the slide onto the stage of the microscope

Question 6

Step 6

Answer 6

Focus carefully onto the onion skin using the lowest power objective lens in your microscope.

Question 7

Step 7

Answer 7

Turn on to the high power objective lens to see details of the onion cells.