Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
Do frogs, toads and salamanders go through metamorphosis?
Yes
What happens to a caterpillar when it goes through metamorphosis?
Changes into a butterfly
Insects that go through three stages of development is known as?
Incomplete metamorphosis
What year was Charles Darwin born in?
1809
What does the word meta mean?
change or alteration
What is the first stage of metamorphosis for a frog?
A tadpole
When their is a complete change from one stage to the next is called?
Complete metamorphosis
What are the stages of complete metamorphosis?
Egg, larva, and adult
What was the name of the ship Darwin went on for his expedition at 22 years old?
The Beagle
What happens when a young bee goes through metamorphosis?
The bee goes through forms such as the egg, larva, pupa and then adult.
A tadpole has a tail and what else?
Gills
Is the pupa active or inactive during complete metamorphosis?
Inactive
Another name for the larva in the incomplete metamorphosis stage is?
Nymph
Why did Charles Darwin want to become a naturalist?
To study animals, plants and rocks
What does chrysalis mean?
a transitional state.
In what stage of metamorphosis does a tadpole develop lungs and stop getting oxygen through its gills.?
the 4th stage
What is the main function in the larva stage?
Feeds, grows, molts or sheds its outer covering a fe times
Does a nymph have wing or no wings?
No wings
In Darwin's most famous work "On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection" what did he propose?
Species can change and adapt to their changing environments over a long time
What animal do not go through metamorphosis?
Birds
Do reptiles go through metamorphosis?
No
What other insects go through complete metamorphosis?
Bees, ants, butterflies, flies and beetles
Dragonflies, grasshoppers and cockroaches
What was Darwin's theory that biologist use today?
Evolution by natural selection