Life Cycle
All the changes that happen during a plant's or animal's life until they are fully grown and able to reproduce.
The first stage in many animals' life cycle; protects and feeds the growing animal.
Inherited.
Complete
________ is the process of being born.
Nymph
A young insect that looks similar to an adult.
Offspring
A person's child; an animal's baby; a new plant.
Acquired
Incomplete
When a living organism creates another version of itself it is called ______________ .
Reproduction
Larva
Hatches from the egg; looks very different from an adult; eats and grows; worm-like.
Cocoon
Protects the insect while it changes from larva to an adult.
Inherited.
Incomplete
_________ is the life cycle stage of an insect when a larva grows and changes into an adult inside a cocoon.
Pupa
Traits passed down from parent to offspring.
Traits or learned behaviors that offspring are not born with.
Acquired
Complete
________ means no longer alive.
Death
Metamorphosis
When animals' bodies make big changes before becoming adults.
Environmental Influences
Outside factors that change the traits or behaviors of living things.
Inherited.
Complete
_______ means increasing in size; development.
Growth