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  While preparing a temporary mount of onion peel cells or human cheek cells, a coverslip is put on the mounted material on a slide very gently and pressed down. Give reasons.

Answer:

  A coverslip is put on a mounted material gentlybecause                 (i) To avoid entry of air bubbles.                 (ii) To allow the entry of glycerine into the slide.                                                                                                               (1+1)