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The growth and roots and shoots is caused by the plant hormone auxin. Shoots grow towards light, known as phototropism, they also grow upwards against the force of gravity which is known as geotropism. In...

mitosis is the process by which one cell can divide to generate two genetically identical daughter cells. It allows a population of cells to increase in numbers.

In mitosis the cell initially creat...

Receptors are specialised cells used to detect, stimuli or even convert stimulus in to an impulse. They are usually found in sense organs like the eye, which has light sensitive receptors known as retina,...

They are the energy producing organelle. In the motochondria, glucose is converted into energy.

Cells need to divide in order for an organism to grow. Cells can become damaged with time and so need a way to regenerate and produce new cells. There are certain stages throughout the process of cell div...