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Life Cycles
Unit 9: Investigating Life Cycles
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| life cycle | * The particular way a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies * Stages of growth and development in order that an organism goes through in its lifetime |
| stage | A single step in a process. |
| growth | An increase in size. |
| offspring | * A child, baby animal, or seeds * An organism that is born |
| eggs | The first (1st) stage in the life cycle for many organisms. |
| larva | * The second (2nd) stage in a life cycle. * A small, worm like stage in some insects |
| pupa | * The third (3rd) stage in a life cycle. * Some insects go into a cocoon (chrysalis) when the organism changes from a larva to an adult. |
| adult | * The last stage in a life cycle * Fully grown plants or animals * Adults will have offspring to start the life cycle over |
| metamorphosis | The changes of form that some insects go through during their life cycle. |
| nymph | * A young life cycle stage in some insects. * The do not become a pupa, they just gradually grow into an adult. |
| germinate | * A period in a plant's life cycle when a seed begins to grow - the first root. * Roots then sprout up through the ground - seedling/sprout |
| seedling | * A young plant starting to grow from a seed. * It starts sprouting through the ground. |
| sprout | * A young plant breaking through the ground. |
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