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Get some floating slime from a puddle, pick a very small amount of slime and put it on a slide. Separate out one fiber and look at it through the microscope. Draw the diagram of what you observed.

The floating slime that is observed in the pond is the footing pond algae is the most common type of the algae and when the fibers are separated from each other and they are viewed under the microscope the following structure is seen


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