Life Cycles and Traits

What do we call the typical amount of time that members of a species live, from birth to death?

• life cycle

• metamorphosis

• life span

• survive

What is an organism?

• A living thing, such as a plant, animal, or human.

• When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

• Means that there are many different kinds.

• A feature of an organism. The way that the body of the organism looks or works.

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What does variation mean?

• Means that you got it from your parents or ancestors.

• When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

• When organisms are different from their parents or ancestors.

• The effect that the environment has on inherited traits.

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What does reproduce mean?

• A living thing, such as a plant, animal, or human.

• When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

• Means that there are many different kinds.

• A feature of an organism. The way that the body of the organism looks or works.

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What is a trait?

• A living thing, such as a plant, animal, or human.

• When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

• Means that there are many different kinds.

• A feature of an organism. The way that the body of the organism looks or works.

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When an insect hatches from an egg, it is called a

• larva

• pupa

• baby

• see

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Give an example of an animal that does not undergo metamorphosis. Select all that apply.

• reptiles

• fish

• birds

• mammals

• amphibians

Why do the baby rabbits look different from each other?

• They inherited their traits from one parent.

• They inherited different traits from each other.

• They inherited the same traits from each parent.

• They inherited different traits from their parents.

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After ___________ hatches, it usually goes through a metamorphosis.

• a fish

• a reptile

• an insect

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Which statement best describes metamorphosis?

• Eggs hatch.

• Body forms change.

• Animals die.

• Animals feed young.