Formative Practice 15.7 (Form 4 Biology Textbook Exercise and Answer)


Question 1:
Describe how to measure growth in animals.

Answer:
Animal growth can be measured by measuring changes in size, volume, dry mass or wet mass.


Question 2:
Explain the differences between complete and incomplete metamorphosis.

Answer:
In complete metamorphosis, organisms undergo four stages of growth that is, egg, larva, pupa and adult. In incomplete metamorphosis, organisms undergo several stages of ecdysis before becoming an adult.


Question 3:
Explain the event that happens during the exponential phase.

Answer:
• Fastest growth rate.
• Active cellular division and elongation
• Organism’s size increases rapidly


Question 4:
Why must insects go through ecdysis?

Answer:
Insects need to undergo ecdysis, that is, the shedding of the external skeleton to allow growth and development.

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