S4-Growth and development

What is the definition of growth

• Increase in mass after drinking water

• Irreversible increase in dry mass and volume

• Increase in complexity

• Becomes stronger

What is/are the reason(s) for the growth?

• Increase in cell number due to mitosis

• Increase in cell type due to differentiation

• Increase cell volume due to more organic molecules are present in cell

• Increase water content of cells

What is the result of cell differentiation?

• Increase in cell size

• Increase in cell number

• formation of different cell types

• Formation of new organs

Which of the following is/are organic molecule(s) found inside cells?

• water

• carbohydrates

• nucleuic acid

• proteins

What process is shown in photo

• Mitosis

• Meiosis

• Cell growth

• Cell differentiation

Which of the following is an example of development?

• a bread dough ‘rises’

• the lungs inflate when we breathe in

• a potato strip elongates when immersed in distilled water

• an embryo becomes a foetus