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Regulati On of Body Fluids: Celery Capillary Action Laboratory

1. The students conducted an experiment to observe capillary action in celery stalks. They placed celery stalks in dyed water and observed colored spots rising up the stalks over 10-15 minutes. 2. Thin slices were taken from the bottom of the stalks and observed under a microscope. They identified xylem, which transports water and minerals, and phloem, which transports organic compounds. 3. The experiment demonstrated that plants regulate fluid transport through their vascular tissues, unlike animals which use circulatory and respiratory systems.

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Regulati On of Body Fluids: Celery Capillary Action Laboratory

1. The students conducted an experiment to observe capillary action in celery stalks. They placed celery stalks in dyed water and observed colored spots rising up the stalks over 10-15 minutes. 2. Thin slices were taken from the bottom of the stalks and observed under a microscope. They identified xylem, which transports water and minerals, and phloem, which transports organic compounds. 3. The experiment demonstrated that plants regulate fluid transport through their vascular tissues, unlike animals which use circulatory and respiratory systems.

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Regulati

on of
Body
CELERY
Fluids
CAPILLARY
ACTION
LABORATORY
Agarcio, Ralph Vinze DC.| Barcelon, Glidilyn
Batenga, Julianne | Dela Cruz, Hanna Antoinette
Dionisio, Juniecel | Gutierrez, Rheney Joanne
D’RK-YANS (Group 5) | 12-STEM ATAldaba

Ms. Teresa Eliezel J. Borja


Teacher in General Biology II
c NARRATIVE
In this activity, we examined how the regulation of fluid in plants take place
through a stalk of celery. First, we filled the plastic cup with water and added a few
drops of coloring food using a medicine dropper. It was mix until the food coloring has
been spread out in the water. Then, we cut the bottom end of the celery stalk with a

REPORT
scalpel and was placed in the dyed- water. Our group waited for 10 –15 mins or until
the colored dots on the bottom end of the celery stalk appeared.
The removal of the stalk of the celery from the plastic cup =was done. After
this, a scalpel was used again to cut off a very thin slice at the bottom of the celery stalk.
The thin slice of celery was placed in the microscope slide with a coverslip. The tiny
thin slice of celery stalk was observed using the microscope under the scanning (4x) and
the low power (10x) objectives. The observations were recorded and illustrated to
identify where the xylem and where is the phloem.

CONCLUSION
In this activity we learned that the osmoregulation of body fluid between
animals and plants are different. In animals, they use their circulatory system together
with the respiratory system to deliver nutrients and essential gases for the body wherein
they specialized structures are responsible. On the other hand, plant uses their xylem
and phloem for transporting water and essential nutrients needed for photosynthesis, In
xylem, tracheids and vessels; tracheids conduct water more slowly than vessels, but
provide protection against embolism (blocking of water flow by air bubbles). While
phloem is the pathway for organic molecules .

The stalk of the celery was cut before putting in the The thin slice of celery stalk was observed using the
dyed water. microscope under (4x) and the low power (10x) objectives

Xylem

The stalk of the celery was cut in very thin slice and was
put on a glass slide with a coverslip.

The celery stalk was placed in the dyed water for 10-15 Phloem
minutes until colored spots are observed at the bottom.

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