HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT I - Growth, Development and Maturity

Basic Science JSS2 First Term

WEEK SIX

HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT I - Growth, Development and Maturity

Performance Objectives

• Growth

Content

REFERENCE
Precious seed BASIC SCIENCE FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS BOOK 2

TOPIC: HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT I

SUBTOPIC: Growth, Development and Maturity

Characteristics features of stages of development

Factors Necessary for Growth

Growth is the permanent increase in size of organism brought about by cell division.

Development is the change in the features of an organism, which brings about the manifestation of some characteristics of the organism.

Maturity is the stage of a fully-grown and developed organism.

Growth and Development occur together. Growth continues from birth until individuals reach maturity when growth stops, there are two periods of rapid…