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Elodea Leaves Lab Report

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Instructions were read. Materials were provided. Purpose was understood: Observe plasmolysis in the Elodea leaves. We observed the plant cells under the microscope, and we roughly sketched an image of what we saw onto our lab worksheet. Then we added two drops of ten percent salt solution to the leaf slide and put it back under the microscope. We copied what we observed onto our lab worksheet and then repeated once again but this time with distilled water. I have had no previous experience with microscopes nor do I know much about biology and cells. Consequently, I had no expectations of the results for the lab. The data was qualitative for this lab. The plant cells under one hundred magnification looked like tiny green bricks. Dark
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