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Life Cycles TEK 3.10B
Term | Definition |
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Complete Metamorphosis | The total change of form that some insects go through as they become adults. |
Incomplete Metamorphosis | The partial change of form that some insects go through as they become adults. |
Metamorphosis | A change in the shape or characteristics of an animal’s body as it grows. |
Life Cycle | The stages in an organism’s life from birth to death. |
Stage | A single step in the process of metamorphosis. |
Pupa | A stage in the life cycle of some insects in which it is enclosed in a cocoon or case. |
Nymph | An immature insect that differs from the adult chiefly in the size and proportions of the body. |
Larva | An early form of any animal that at birth or hatching is very different from its parent. |
Adult | The final stage of metamorphosis. |