Science Ch. 3: "Life Cycles"
Life Cycle
A series of changes that occur during the lifetime of all living things
Embryo
A plant or animal in the earliest stages of development
Life Span
The length of time it takes for an individual organism to complete its life cycle
Germinate
The process in which a seed begins to grow into a new plant
Metamorphosis
The process in which some organisms change form in different stages of their life cycles
Nymph
The second stage of an insect as it goes through incomplete metamorphosis
Larva
The wormlike form that hatches from an egg. The second stage of an organism that goes through complete metamorphosis
Inherit
To receive traits from parents
Trait
A feature or characteristic of a living thing (like eye color, hair color, shape of nose)
Adult
A fully grown, mature organism
Egg
The first stage in the life cycle of most animals
