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Life Cycles Word List

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