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Worksheets8.C-11 Growth Assessment
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
The image shows x-rays of hands of people at different ages. Write your observations. Make sure to compare and contrast.
You may have wondered about the gap between the bones in kids' hands and why they go away by adulthood. According to this diagram with x-rays, what is in that space between bones?
Bones
Muscles
Growth Plates
Plasma
What does each color represent in the diagram?
White
Bones
Orange/Red
Growth Plates
Purple
Zommed in area
Using what you've learned in this unit, explain what you think happens to the structures of the bone at the growth plate as a child grows into an adult? Use words or pictures (or a combination) to explain your answer to this question. Think about what you have figured out about how the different parts and systems of the body work together. Use your models, worksheets, posters from the classroom, and evidence from the growth plate images. Be sure to include the interactions between the different systems in our body that need to happen to support this.
Brainstorm and list other living things that you think might go through a similar process of growth and then explain why.
What have we figured out in our unit about plants? Are they living? How do we know?
In the image, each plant represents 1 day of growth compared to the one to its left. What changes do you notice in the structures of the plant?
In the image, each plant represents 1 day of growth compared to the one to its left. State a claim for what you think is happening inside the plant between day 1 and day 7 to result in these changes in its structures. Write your claim on your paper so you don't forget it.
What additional data would you need about this plant to find evidence that would support your claim? How would you investigate that?
