Specialised plant cells form tissues such as the xylem, which transports water and mineral ions/salts, and phloem, which transports the products of photosynthesis (glucose, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide and water vapour).
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Tissues in plants
Tissues are organised into organs eg. stems, leaves, roots and flowers.
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Meristems
Cells in regions called Meristems are unspecialised. Meristems produce growth in height and width (by division of meristem cells followed by enlargement of one of the daughter cells).
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Meristem cells divide
When meristem cells divide into two via Mitosis, the new cell produced can differentiate into different cell types (the other stays as a mersitematic cell).
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What cells divide in Plants?
In plants, the only cells that divide are in meristems.
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Plant Growth
At a certain point, animals stop growing and only certain cells are able to produce new cells. Unlike animals, plants keep growing for their whole lifetime.
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Card 2
Front
Tissues are organised into organs eg. stems, leaves, roots and flowers.
Back
Tissues in plants
Card 3
Front
Cells in regions called Meristems are unspecialised. Meristems produce growth in height and width (by division of meristem cells followed by enlargement of one of the daughter cells).
Back
Card 4
Front
When meristem cells divide into two via Mitosis, the new cell produced can differentiate into different cell types (the other stays as a mersitematic cell).
Back
Card 5
Front
In plants, the only cells that divide are in meristems.
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