B5 - Growth and development Flashcards
In organisms that are MULTICELLULAR, cells are ______ to do different jobs.
In organisms that are MULTICELLULAR, cells are SPECIALISED to do different jobs.
Cells of the same type are grouped into _____.
Cells of the same type are grouped into TISSUES.
Different tissues are grouped together, and work together, in _____.
Different tissues are grouped together, and work together, in ORGANS.
Organs work together as __________.
Organs work together as body systems.
How does a fertilised egg cell (zygote) divide to form an embryo?
Using MITOSIS
In a human embryo up to (and including) the eight cell stage, what are all the cells classified as?
IDENTICAL - EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS.
What can embryonic stem cells do?
They are UNSPECIALISED and TOTIPOTENT. They can produce any cell type in the body.
After the eight cell stage, what happens to most of the embryo cells?
They become SPECIALISED (DIFFERENTIATION) and different tissues form.
What happens to some cells (adult stem cells)?
They can remain UNSPECIALISED and can become specialised at a later stage to become many, but not all, types of cell required by the organism. e.g. bone marrow
In plants, what is the special region called where it contains cells that are mitotically active?
MERISTEMS (the tip of the root)
The new cells produced from plant meristems are classified as what?
UNSPECIALISED and can develop into any kind of PLANT CELLS
Unspecialised plant cells can become….?
SPECIALISED
What can specialised plant cells form into?
Different types of tissue (XYLEM and PHLOEM) within organs (flowers, leave, stems and roots).
What is the function of the tissue ‘XYLEM’?
Transports water and mineral salts
What is the function of the TISSUE ‘PHLOEM’?
Transports the products of photosynthesis
When meristem cells divide into two, what happens to the new cell that is produced?
The new cell produced can differentiate into different cell types (the other stays as a meristematic cell).
In plants, the only cells that divide are in _________.
meristems
Other than cells, what can meristems produce?
GROWTH in HEIGHT and WIDTH (by division of meristem cells, followed by enlargement on one of the daughter cells).
What can the presence of meristems (as sources of unspecialised cells) allow?
The production of clones of a plant from cuttings.
What are plant cuttings?
Pieces of plants, e.g. plant stems, that have meristems.
Why are plant cuttings used?
- To reproduce a plant with DESIRABLE features.
2. Produce clones that are genetically identical to the parent plant.
How is root growth in cuttings promoted?
By PLANT HORMONES (using hormone rooting powder)>
What is another method of cloning other than using plant cuttings?
TISSUE CULTURE
What is Tissue Culture?
A small piece of tissue, or a few cells are placed on agar jelly containing nutrients and plant hormones. Each will grow into a small plant or plantlet.
What is one plant hormone that is included in the agar for tissue culture and in hormone rooting powder?
AUXINS
What do AUXINS contribute to?
The increases of cell division and cell enlargement, promoting the growth of the plant tissue.
What factor affects the plant growth and development?
The ENVIRONMENT
What is PHOTOTROPISM?
The plant’s response to the direction of light