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Life Cycles 4-11-12
Life Cycles Word List
Question | Answer |
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gestation | the process of mammals carrying their young in the womb where the fetus develops until it is born |
larva | a stage in the development of many insects where the caterpillar hatches from the egg |
life cycle | the stages in an organism's life that include birth, development, reproduction, and death |
mammal | an animal with a life cycle that includes three stages: before birth (gestation), youth, and adult |
metamorphosis | the change in shape and appearance of an insect or other animal at each stage of its life cycle |
nymph | a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis |
plant | an organism with a life cycle that includes seed germination, growing to maturity, flowering, pollination and development of seeds, and seeds falling to the ground |
pollination | the transfer of a pollen grain to the egg-producing part of a plant |
pupa | the third (3) stage in the life cycle of an insect when it changes from a larva to an adult |
reproduce | organisms making more of their own kind |
seed | an undeveloped plant with stored food sealed in a protective covering |
spore | a reproductive cell of a nonflowering plant |
tadpole | the larva stage of a frog or toad |