Life Science Vocabulary 2021

What is a pupa?

• A stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult.

• The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

• An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis.

• The pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

What is a stamen?

• A stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult.

• The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

• An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis.

• The pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

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What is larva?

• A stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult.

• The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

• An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis.

• The pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

What is nymph?

• A stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult.

• The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

• An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis.

• The pre-adult insect undergoing incomplete metamorphosis.

What is a species?

• A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce.

• An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

• An organism that produces its own food.

What is a producer?

• A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce.

• An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

• An organism that produces its own food.

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What is a consumer?

• A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce.

• An organism that produces its own food.

• An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

What is a prey?

• A group of the same kind of organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can reproduce.

• An organism in a food chain that obtains nutrients from producers or other consumers.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

• An organism that produces its own food.

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What is a predator?

• An organism that kills and eats other organisms.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

• A species whose population is so small that it is in danger of extinction.

• The process of making more organisms of the same kind.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is reproduction?

• A species whose population is so small that it is in danger of extinction.

• An organism that kills and eats other organisms.

• An organism that is killed and or eaten by another organism.

• The process of making more organisms of the same kind.

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2