3rd Grade Life Cycles

A series of stages a living thing goes through during its life

• metamorphosis

• stage

• life cycle

• none

Changing forms dramatically over the course of a life cycle

• chrysalis

• metamorphosis

• larvae

• germination

immature form of an insect that often undergoes metamorphosis; look very different than the adult bug they grow into thanks to the life cycle

• chrysalis

• metamorphosis

• larvae

• germination

A hard shell made by a caterpillar, moth or other insect in which a transformation called metamorphosis happens

• chrysalis

• metamorphosis

• larvae

• germination

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the process of a plant starting to grow from a seed

• seedling

• germination

• pollination

• life cycle

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

A young plant that has recently started to grow from a seed. It is usually only a few inches tall and has roots, stem and just a few leaves.

• germination

• pollination

• larvae

• seedling

The transfer of pollen from one flower to the reproductive part of another flower. This is often done by insects that drink nectar from the inside of a flower.

• germination

• pollination

One step in the life cycle process is called a stage.

• True

• False

the production of offspring

• reproduction

• pollination

• Both

• None

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

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The stages of a life cycle in order are

• birth, growth, reproduction, death

• birth, death,

  reproduction, growth

• growth, birth, death, reproduction

• death, reproduction, birth, growth

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2