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Lesson: Chapter 8 — Characteristics of Living Organisms

8.8. Growth and development 1 of 5

Question 1

What is cell growth?

The right answer is the one marked above.

An irreversible increase in the dry weight of a living cell. Both "irreversible" and "dry weight" are essential parts of the definition.

An increase in water is reversible — lose the water and it returns to what it was. A rise in the complexity of cells is development, not growth.

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