MONOLOGUE FOR AN ONION: AN ANALYSIS Cutting an onion breaks cells in its skin causing a reaction that results to the formation of volatile sulfur compound which‚ when mixed with tears coating our eyes‚ becomes sulfuric acid. This triggers the tear ducts to produce more tears to alleviate the imbalance in acidity the irritant has caused; the longer the eyes are exposed to the acid the greater the quantity of tears produced. Sue Kwock Kim uses this certain property of an onion to tackle a specific
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A STUDY ON ONIONS Onions can be found all around the world‚ from Asia all the way to the Americas. They are edible used by professional chefs all over the world as garnishes or as a main dish‚ though not very widely consumed in this way. Not just it’s bulb can be eaten‚ it’s shoots and leaves are edible as well. They have a distinctive‚ strong flavour and also a pungent odour that could be neutralized and sweetened by cooking or heating. It has a dry‚ paper-like skin and a juicy‚ fleshly‚ layered
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Date: 28/11/13 EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF SODIUM CHLORIDE ON ONION EPIDERMAL CELLS INRODUCTION A living plant cell will shrinks or swells depending on the solute concentration of the cell in relation to the solute concentration of the fluid surrounding the cell (1). It follows that water will move from a region of high water concentration to a region of low water concentration therefore‚ if a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution water will move from the cell into the solution until the
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Teeth with Banana Peel The versatility of banana itself and its peel goes a long way. Aside from the fact that banana is full of vitamins and minerals‚ and is used in beauty regimen‚ its peel is also utilized in so many ways; from skin care regimen‚ to fertilizer and now to whiten teeth. Using banana peel as teeth whitening is considered extremely safe and healthy because it is not only the flesh of the banana that contains vitamins and minerals but the peel as well. Banana peel has no coarseness
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The aim of the sixteenth of November experiments was to observe how three different solutions with various sucrose concentration influenced osmosis in relation to three onion cells and the impact on the cells structure. A small square of a red onion skin (membrane) was observed under a microscope at high power (X40) magnification. The observation showed a large number of onion cells. The structure of one onion cell had a general rectangular shape with a developed cell wall‚ which gives the rectangular
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for other medical means. Background of Study – We chose this experiment because it really caught our curiosity and we find it interesting. We personally eat oranges just like other people in school and people in our household; so we thought of the peelings’ benefits which led us here on this experiment. Dried orange peeling is a kindling for fire and it is proven that the oil found in the orange peeling is flammable. In this experiment‚ we can practice being eco-friendly and being a steward of nature
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To the informed reader‚ it is known that the Onion is a news website in which satirical articles are written about local and national events‚ however‚ this satire can sometimes be missed due to the nature of the article and its presentation of information. Due to how the article is written in the fashion of an actual news article it creates the appearance of actual news and could be seen as such if the satire is missed. With the articles use of quotations and the appearance of fact it gives the tone
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Use of Banana Peels (Musa Sapientum L.) Waste Material as Potential Low-cost De-leading Agent in Contaminated Water 1. Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study At present age there is a rapid increase of contaminants in the environment‚ but one of the major global concerns is the heavy metal concentrations in the environment as a result of man’s activities and since the biosphere is a closed system this heavy metals remains on earth and continuously increase
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The poem‚ “Monologue for an Onion” written by Sue Kim‚ the onion is a metaphor and is the whole poem is written about it and based off of it. The basic main viewpoint of the poem is about the feelings and thoughts that onion experiences when being handle by the person or more specifically when it is being cut. The poem revolves around the whole idea of how the onion feels and thinks as the person cuts away at it and how it reflects on the actions of the person and the person themselves. Sue Kim’s
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of acetone. Place a stack of five 6-oz. Styrofoam cups in each beaker and measure the amount of time it takes for the stack to dissolve. Continue adding one cup at a time to the acetone until the acetone no longer dissolves the cups. Repeat the experiment three to five times for each volume to get an average time and an average number of cups. Materials 2 Styrofoam cups 50ml Pure Acetone Stick or Spoon (for mixing) Container Procedure 1. Tear up or cut your Styrofoam cup into
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