Growth and Repair in Living Organisms
This worksheet explores the fundamental processes of growth and repair in living organisms, focusing on cell division and its importance.
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Growth and Repair in Living Organisms
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. What is the primary process by which living organisms grow?
Eating food
Cell division
Breathing
Sleeping
2. Why is cell division important for repairing damaged tissues?
It makes the damaged cells disappear.
It replaces damaged cells with new ones.
It shrinks the damaged area.
It has no role in repair.
3. All living things are made up of tiny units called .
4. When a multicellular organism grows, it increases the of cells.
5. The process where one cell divides into two identical daughter cells is called .
6. Observe the image below. This image shows a type of cell. Briefly explain how this type of cell contributes to the 'repair' process in the human body.
7. Unicellular organisms grow by increasing the size of their single cell.
True
False
8. Plants do not undergo growth and repair, only animals do.
True
False
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
9. A group of similar cells working together forms a .
10. The process of cell division that results in two identical daughter cells is called .