Growth in plants and animals its types

Definition:
               Growth is the biological process in which the number of cells increases or the increase in size and weight.Growth occurs in both plants and animals.It is permanent .
Types:
        There are two types of Growth:

1.  Indeterminate Growth (open growth)
2. Determinate Growth.    (closed growth)

Indeterminate Growth:
                                   In this type of growth the organism size continuously increases as long as they live.This type of growth mostly occur in plants.Because plants have the capacity for the indeterminate growth due the presence of perpetual embryonic tissues called  meristems  or the meristematic tissues.

Determinate Growth :
                                 The type of growth occur in mostly animals in which they cease growing after reaching a certain size.this type of growth mostly occurs in animals.