Growth And Development Flashcards
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Size:
A
You can measure its height, length, width and circumference
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Growth:
A
An increase in size or mass
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Wet mass:
A
Organisms mass including all the water in its body
3
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Dry mass:
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Mass of an organism with no water in its body
4
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Growth involves:
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Cell differentiation
Division
Elongation
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Cell differentiation:
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Process by which a cell changes to become specialised for its job
6
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Cell division:
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By mitosis
7
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Cell elongation:
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Where a plant cell expands, making the cell bigger and so making the plant grow. It only happens in plants.
8
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Growth in animals:
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Cell division.
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Growth in plants:
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Continuously
