HMH Unit 10 Life Cycles and Growth Vocabulary Review

The sprouting of a seed is called ______________

• pollination

• germination

• life cycle

• maturity

The stage at which an organism can reproduce is called __________

• metamorphosis

• life cycle

• heredity

• maturity

The joining of an egg and sperm is called __________________

• fertilization

• direct development

• life cycle

• heredity

The transfer of pollen from the male structures to the female structures of seed plants is called ______________

• life cycle

• heredity

• pollination

• metamorphosis

________________ is a complex change that most insects undergo that includes larva and pupa stages.

• Complete Metamorphosis

• Spore

• Life Cycle

• Trait

A _____________ is a cell that can grow into a new plant when the conditions are right.

• nymph

• gene

• complete metamorphosis

• spore

A ________________ is a developmental change in some insects in which a nymph hatches from an egg and gradually develops into an adult.

• nymph

• life cycle

• incomplete metamorphosis

• trait

An immature form of an object that undergoes incomplete metamorphosis is called a ______________.

• egg

• pupa

• spore

• nymph

The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring is called __________________

• heredity

• direct development

• life cycle

• gene

_______________ is a behavior that an animal doesn't begin life with but develops as a result of experience or by observing other animals.

• Heredity

• Direct Development

• Learned Behavior

• Experience