Growth Flashcards
1
Q
How can we measure growth?
A
Measure an increase in size, length or mass.
2
Q
Growth in living organisms involve two processes, what are they?
A
Increase in cells and an increase cell size.
3
Q
Where does cell division in plants occur?
A
Meristems.
4
Q
Where are the meristems located?
A
Behind the tip of the plants roots and shoots.
5
Q
What happens at the meristems?
A
Cell division occurs and the plant grows, as well as, cell elongation.
6
Q
As the plant stem roots begin to grow what happens to older meristem cells?
A
They differentiate into specialised or any plant cell.
7
Q
How does growth in animals differ to growth in plants in terms of size?
A
An animal begins to stop growing in size once it reaches adulthood.
8
Q
What human cell can meristems be likened to?
A
Stem cells.
