Lesson 5 Life Cycles Vocabulary

The stages of development of an organism as it grows into an adult.

• larva

• reproduce

• life cycle

• recycle

New organisms made by parent organisms.

• offspring

• child

• nospring

• puppies

A hard case that forms around a butterfly larva.

• suitcase

• chrysalis

• pupa

• shell

This occurs when an insect has four life stages.

• adult stage

• metamorphisis

• incomplete metamorphisis

• complete metamorphisis

An early stage of an animal before it changes into an adult.

• infant

• larva

• baby

• pupa

To make more of the same kind of organism as the adult.

• reproduce

• copy

• create

• offspring

The change in form as an organism grows into an adult.

• complete metamorphosis

• metamorphosis

• incomplete metamorphosis

• morph

The transfer of pollen from one plant to another.

• transfer

• offspring

• pollination

• wind

This occurs when an insect has three stages of life.

• morph

• complete metamorphosis

• metamorphosis

• incomplete metamorphosis

The stage of life of an animal when it changes into an adult.

• chrysalis

• adult

• pupa

• larva