Definitions
A mature Organism
Adult
Claws
climb trees to reach food and shelter
List the life cycle of a butterfly
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
Provides insulation from cold ocean temperatures
Blubber
New organisms that come from a parent organism
Offspring
the colors and patterns of an animal's covering to help it blend into the environment
Camouflage
Sticky Pads
Climb trees to reach food and shelter
Which insect has a Nymph stage?
Cricket
Helps animals swim quickly through water
Webbed feet, flippers or fins
Keeps body from getting too much heat from the sun. Camouflages the animal against the light colored sand and rocks
Pale Colors
the remains or traces of an organism that lived long ago
Fossil
Fur
Grows thicker during winter to protect from the cold
Place the stages of the bean life cycle in order.
Fruit, seedling, sprout, seed, adult plant with flower
seed, sprout, seedling, adult plant with flower, fruit
Allows extra heat to leave body, keeps body away from hot ground- allows air to flow around
Long Ears, Long Legs
Keeps the animal from losing too much body heat
Short Ears
Metamorphosis
color
What is an exoskeleton
A hard outer covering that insects have
Protects the animal when it eats plants with spines
Tough, Thick Lips
A very long and very thin beak
Can drink nectar from long, deep flowers
A stage between egg and adult where the young look similar to the adult.
Nymph
allows fast running over rough gound
The stage where it does not eat or move around but it is changing inside.
Pupa
Protects the foot from hot rocks and sand
Padded Feet
When comparing life cycles describe...
how the organism begins
where eggs are laid
do they resemble the adult or not
major life stages
any structures that change or develop