all stages of a living thing, from beginning to death

• life cycle

• reproduction

• offspring

• metamorphosis

The new living thing of their parents

• reproduction

• offspring

• life cycle

• metamorphosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Animals that change form as they become adults

• metamorphosis

• offspring

• life cycle

• reproduction

This is the second stage of a the life cycle of an animal that goes through a complete metamorphosis

• eggs

• larva

• pupa

• adult

The third stage in the life cycle of an animal that goes through a complete metamorphosis. This is the stage before adult, and in this stage, the animal usually makes a hard case around itself as it changes inside.

• pupa

• larva

• eggs

• adult

The second stage in the life cycle in animals that go through an incomplete metamorphosis; this stage is after the egg, and right before adult

• pupa

• larva

• nymph

• egg

a characteristic of a living thing

• trait

• behavior

• instinct

• environment

a characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents

• inherited trait

• learned behavior

• acquired trait

• instinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

A way a living thing responds, or reacts, to its surroundings, such as building a nest

• behavior

• instict

• trait

• environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

inherited behaviors to help animals survive in their environment

• instinct

• trait

• behavior

• life cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4