You Are Examining a Microscope Slide of an Onion Root

Multiple Choice

You are examining a microscope slide of an onion root tip looking for samples of cells in the middle of mitosis and cell division. You see lots of long, cylindrical cells all looking more or less alike, but no evidence of cell division. Why do you not see cell division?

A) You are looking at the region of elongation.
B) You are looking at the apical meristem.
C) You are looking at trichomes.
D) You are looking at root hairs, which are known to get longer but do not divide.