Organogenesis and the Model Organisms That Made It Visible · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.

Fold, tube, branch, prune

Science · Organisms & Life Processes · ages 20-21
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Name one organ built as a tube from a folded sheet.

    • A finger bone
    • The neural tube, later brain and spinal cord
    • A hair strand
  2. A flat sheet of cells rolls up and seals its edges. What did it become?

    • A single cell
    • A pile of ash
    • A tube
  3. Programmed cell death carves fingers by removing the webbing between digits.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. You want to watch a heart tube form live in one embryo. Which organism strength do you need?

    • The fastest possible breeding cycle
    • The largest possible adult body
    • A transparent embryo you can see through
  5. Lungs need a large surface in a small chest. Which move builds them?

    • Repeated branching of a tube
    • Melting the tube back into a sheet
    • Freezing all cell division
  6. You want to break hundreds of genes and find which ones stop tube sealing. Which strength matters most?

    • Transparency of the embryo
    • Fast breeding and easy mutation
    • A long adult lifespan
  7. A mutant keeps webbed digits at birth. Which move failed, and what would confirm it?

    • Branching failed; check the lungs
    • Folding failed; check the neural tube
    • Pruning by death failed; look for surviving web cells
  8. A lab studies lung branching only in fish and declares the mechanism universal. A reviewer objects. What is the strongest objection?

    • Fish have no lungs like ours, so mammal confirmation is missing
    • Fish are transparent, which ruins the result
    • Branching never happens in fish
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  1. The neural tube, later brain and spinal cord · The lesson's example traces brain and cord to a sealed sheet.
  2. A tube · Folding plus sealing is exactly the sheet-to-tube move.
  3. True · Death prunes the in-between cells to shape the structure.
  4. A transparent embryo you can see through · Transparency lets you watch shaping happen live.
  5. Repeated branching of a tube · Branching multiplies surface while staying packed.
  6. Fast breeding and easy mutation · Screens need many mutants fast, which the fly-style organism gives.
  7. Pruning by death failed; look for surviving web cells · Webbed digits mean the in-between cells were never removed.
  8. Fish have no lungs like ours, so mammal confirmation is missing · Each organism answers its own slice, so mammal details need mammal checks.
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