Life Cycle Vocabulary
What is the way a living thing grows, changes, and reproduces called?
What is the life cycle
What are stages in complete metamorphosis?
egg, larva, pupa, adult
Inherited or Learned Trait? A bird's feather color
Inherited
What is the stage in a plant life cycle when a seed begins to grow a root.
What is germinate
What is it called when pollen goes down the pistil and a seed is formed?
fertilization
During what stage in a complete metamorphosis life cycle does the animal go through drastic body change?
pupa
When pollen moves from the stamen to the pistil it is called ________________
pollination
What part of the flower produces pollen?
stamen
When seeds are moved by wind, water, or animals
The part of a plant that protects the flower petals before it blooms is called ______________
sepal
What part of the flower produces a seed?
the pistil
Inherited or Learned? A hummingbird has a long skinny, curved beak
Inherited
A life cycle with a drastic body change is called ____________________________
What are the stages of incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph, and adult
The stage in an incomplete metamorphosis life cycle where the animal grows and sheds but does not change body form.
nymph