Dry Mount Research Paper

Why is Part A of this Activity called “Preparing a Dry Mount”? Why is Part B of this Activity called “Preparing a Wet Mount of Cells”? Explain the difference between wet and dry mount preparation.

Part A is called Preparing a Dry Mount and part B is called Preparing a Wet Mount of Cells in this activity. Part A used a paper letter “e”, a paper is a solid dry object like dust particles or a feather. Part B, we used onions, blue methylene and water. It's called a “Wet Mount” since we used a liquid substance (blue methylene and water).Wet mounts are used with a piece glass concave slide and a solid object for viewing it. A drop of water or other liquid substances is dropped onto the object and a cover slip is slid on top of the liquid. The tension of the surface of the water automatically will close the cover tight to the slide while still holding the object in place for accurate, focused viewing. Dry mounts are also used with a piece of a flat slide but only with a solid object instead of dropping liquid substances on the object. Onion is a live cell, using a wet mount will help the onion cell to last longer. A letter “e” is not a live cell, using dry mount would be easier, it’s the same either if you use dry mount or wet mount, but making a dry mount is easier than a wet mount. If you …show more content…
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