Simulation · Biology · Class 11
Absolute or relative growth?
From the lesson Absolute and relative growth rate in Plant Growth and Development. Change the values and watch what happens.
Absolute or relative growth?Biology · Class 11
The idea behind it
NCERT §13.1.4
- Growth of two living systems can be compared in two ways.
- Absolute growth rate: the total growth per unit time, measured and compared as it is.
- Relative growth rate: growth per unit time expressed on a common basis, for example per unit of the initial parameter.
- Two leaves of different sizes, A and B, may each gain 5 cm² of area in the same time. Their absolute growth rates are equal, but the smaller leaf has the much higher relative growth rate, because 5 cm² is a larger fraction of its starting area.