5.10C Metamorphosis

the stages of growth and development that an organism goes through in its lifetime

• life cycle

• adult

• egg

• nymph

new organisms that come from parent organisms

• offspring

• nymph

• larva

• pupa

the changes in form that some organisms such as insects go through during their life cycle

• metamorphosis

• life cycle

• adult

• molt

type of development consisting of four distinct stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult.

• complete metamorphosis

• offspring

• molt

• nymph

the first stage in the life cycle of many organisms

• egg

• molt

• adult

• pupa

stage of complete metamorphosis during which the insect eats and grows and does not resemble the adult

• larva

• adult

• nymph

• egg

the stage of complete metamorphosis during which the organism seems to be at rest and new body parts are forming

• pupa

• egg

• nymph

• adult

a fully grown organism that can reproduce

• adult

• offspring

• larva

• egg

type of development consisting of three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.

• incomplete metamorphosis

• molt

• offspring

• life cycle

the stage in incomplete metamorphosis during which an insect eats and grows and resembles a smaller version of the adult

• nymph

• egg

• pupa

• larva