How Does Your Garden Grow? -Grace Slone
It’s been a while since we saw our plant, but it has grown a significant amount since we last checked on it out in the garden! In order for our plant to have grown, it has been going through three main cell processes which are mitosis, photosynthesis, and cellular respiration. Our plant went through mitosis in order to add on new cells and add biomass. Mitosis is a process in which new cells are reproduced. First, the nuclear membrane in the cell would begin to dissolve and the DNA inside the nucleus would begin to make an exact copy of itself. The DNA copies itself through semi-conservative replication, meaning that the new strand of DNA and the old strand of DNA have both exactly 50% of the original strand. After the DNA is replicated, it then condenses into larger structures called chromosomes. This all occurs during prophase, which is the first stage in mitosis. Once the chromosomes are fully condensed, they then line up vertically in the center of the cell. It is during this stag...