Question

What is the difference between growth patterns in plants and animals?

Answer 1

Plants

1. Throughout their life plants continue to grow.

2. Growth in plant is localized to certain regions like root apex, shoot apex and vascular cambium.

3. Growth in plants is due to tissues.

• In plants growth is unlimited.
• Growth is localized at certain points such as shoot tip, root tip etc.
• New organs continue to appear throughout the life of plants.

Animals

1. Animals grow during a fixed period in their life cycle.

2. Growth takes place in all the parts of the body and the active regions of growth cannot be identified.

3. There is complete absence of meristematic tissues in animals.​​​​​​​

• Growth is limited in animals.
• Growth is not localized all parts of the body grow simultaneously.
• New organs are not formed in animals.