Differentiation and Growth


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The specialisation of cells to make them suitable for their purpose is called
Differentiation
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What is a zygote?
Fertilised egg
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Which describes an animal, not a plant?
All regions of the body grow
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Which describes a plant, not an animal?
Growth is restricted to special growing points called meristems (mainly the tip of the roots and shoots)
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Which tends to grow a certain size then stop growing?
Animals
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Which usually grow throughout their life?
Plants
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Plants grow in a...
Spreading, branched form
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Which is suited to growing for a time, then stopping to use energy for other purposes? (e.g. movement)
Animals
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____________ have very simple main requirement - light and water - so growing at certain points allows them to concentrate on ways to do this
Plants
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Which do not need a spreading body form to allow a greater surface for absorbing light?
Animals
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Plants often get eating by animals, this is why..
They need to continue to grow throughout their life to replace eaten parts
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What are cells which have yet to differentiate?
Stem cells
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What can stem cells be used for?
To replace damaged cells of many different types
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What is the name given to areas of growth in a plant where stem cells are formed?
Meristems
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