{"id":840,"date":"2020-10-08T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=840"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:27:20","slug":"growth-and-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/growth-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth and development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"840\" class=\"elementor elementor-840\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d569fa7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d569fa7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1b178b\" data-id=\"c1b178b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-879a7d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"879a7d2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6f3f32\" data-id=\"d6f3f32\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f68d594 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"f68d594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Characteristics of living things<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3405e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"3405e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-characteristics-of-living-things-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-860 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/characteristics-of-living-things\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Characteristics of living things<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-859 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/made-up-of-cells\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Made up of cells<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-858 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/obtain-and-use-energy\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Obtain and use energy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-857 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/growth-and-development\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Growth and development<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-856 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/living-things-reproduce\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Living things reproduce<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-855 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/respond-to-their-environment\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Respond to their environment<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db9b4a3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"db9b4a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b5c710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8b5c710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins 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develop<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f491252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f491252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Every living organism begins life as a single cell. Unicellular organisms may stay as one cell but they grow too. Multicellular organisms add more and more cells to form more tissues and organs as they grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">The Growth<\/strong><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">development<\/strong><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of living organisms are not the same things. Growth is the increase in size and mass of that organism. Development involves the transformation of the organism as it goes through the growth process.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Think of a newly born baby. It has all the features of a fully-grown adult, but they are very tiny. As the years go by, they become big and become a young person like you, and later on, into a fully grown adult, maintaining all the features that they are born with. This is growth. But in their mummy\u2019s tummy, they started as a single cell and transformed into a zygote, and into a fetus before transforming into a tiny baby.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In some organisms, growing involves drastic transformation. Think of a butterfly for instance. It starts as a cell (egg). Then it transforms into a caterpillar, then into a pupa (chrysalis), and then pops out as a beautiful butterfly.<\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-890\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-890\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/development-stages-of-a-butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"Development stages of a butterfly\" width=\"570\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/development-stages-of-a-butterfly.jpg 570w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/development-stages-of-a-butterfly-300x92.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Development stages of a butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Plants often start from a tiny seed and grow into a big tree. One thing common to all organisms is that they grow or develop to look just like their parent species, even though there may be some slight variations resulting from the mixing of cells by the parents.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cell growth and development include its repair. As cells grow old, they wear off. Sometimes they suffer injury and bruises, but they are able to repair themselves by growing new cells in a process called Mitosis.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As living things grow, they undergo a process called aging (age). As they get close to the end of their lifespan, their ability to carry out life functions reduce. 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