Metamorphosis
What is metamorphosis?
a series of growth stages
Larva changes to an adult inside this hard case.
pupa
What kind of fertilization is the joining of the egg and sperm cells outside the body?
External fertilization
what is the immature stage that emerges from the egg during incomplete metamorphosis?
nymph
What is at the end of each life cycle of an animal?
Adult
Who has more growth stages, complete or incomplete metamorphosis?
Complete metamorphosis
Bonus: How many stages?
What is the immature stage that emerges from the egg during complete metamorphosis
larva
What is internal fertilization?
The joining of the egg and sperm cells inside the body
Grasshoppers, bedbugs, dragonflies, and termites go through this?
Incomplete metamorphosis
What are the only mammals to lay eggs?
Monotremes
Bonus: Name an animal that is a monotreme.
Name the two types of metamorphosis.
Complete and Incomplete
Name two insects that go through complete metamorphosis.
Bonus: Name all four.
Butterflies, beetles, flies, or moths
What is an embryo?
How many stages are in incomplete metamorphosis?
4
Reptiles and birds lay eggs covered by a tough shell. Their eggs contain an embryo, a watery fluid, and a food source. The watery fluid is to keep what from happening to the embryo?
Drying out or keeps it wet
True or False. The pupa is a resting stage?
False. It is very active, changing and growing into an adult.
How many stages are in complete metamorphosis?
4
How many eggs in external fertilization live to adulthood?
Only a few out of thousands
Give two characteristics of an immature stage (nymph) in incomplete metamorphosis
It is smaller, lacks wings, or lacks reproductive structure
Reptiles and birds lay eggs covered by a tough shell. Their eggs contain an embryo, a watery fluid. What is this food source called?
a yolk
How many stages does a grasshopper go through to become an adult?
5
Name all four complete metamorphosis stages.
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
When eggs are externally fertilized, they must be laid in what?
water
Name all three stages of incomplete metamorphosis.
Egg, nymph, and adult
Fish and frog embryos develop inside soft eggs. The eggs are somewhat protected by what around them?
jelly-like layer