Biology SPM

Reproduction and Growth

Inkuiri Pengesahan
Aim: To study the growth pattern of maize plant (Zea mays)
Learning outcome: students are able to identify the sigmoid growth curve of maize
plant (Zea mays).
Growth in organism is the permanent & irreversible increase in body size, mass &
number of cells.
Material and apparatus: 50 maize grains of the same size and soil, oven, weighing
scale and seedling tray.
(A)
Procedure:
1. Prepare 50 maize grains of the same size.
2. Prepare 1 seedling tray of the size 1.5 mx1.5 m.
3. Weigh 3 maize grains.
4. Dry the 3 maize. Weigh and record the dry mass.
5. Sow the remaining maize grains in the seedling tray.
6. Obtain 3 seedling at random every week.
7. Wash and wipe the seedling dry. Weigh the seedling.
8. Dry the seedling in the oven and record the dry mass.
9. Repeat steps 6 to 8 over 12 weeks.
10. Record the results obtained.
11. Plot a graph of the fresh mass and dry mass of maize seedlings against time.
Time (weeks)

Mass of three seedling (g)

fresh

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

dry

Mean mass of one seedling (g)

fresh

dry

(B) based on the experiment that you have done write a report and plot a graph.

(C) Soalan KBAT

Ali has a 15 years old son. He often buys new and larger clothes for his son.
Explain the situation based on the graph given.

Human
Growth

Time