Stages of Growth and Development

The particular way a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies.​ (a)  

• Life Cycle

• Change

• Development

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is Interphase?

• structure that holds the sister chromatids together.

• the phase of the cell cycle in which the nucleus and its contents divide.

• the phase in which the cytoplasm and its contents divide.

• the period during the cell cycle of a cell’s growth and development.

What is the first stage of the life cycle of a butterfly?

• pupa

• adult

• egg

• larva

Stage in an insect's life after it hatches from the egg

• pupa

• adaptation

• larva

• inherited

List the correct order of the three stages in an incomplete life cycle. 

• egg, nymph, adult

• adult, nymph, egg

• egg, adult, nymph

• nymph, egg, adult

How many stages are in an incomplete life cycle?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Complete or Incomplete Metamorphosis?

• Complete because it has 3 stages

• Complete because it has 4 stages

• Incomplete because it has 3 stages

• Incomplete because it has 4 stages

Complete or Incomplete Metamorphosis 

• Complete because the stages look the same throughout its life 

• Complete because the stages look different throughout its life

• Incomplete because it looks the same throughout its life 

• Incomplete because it looks different throughout its life 

How do you know this insect is undergoing incomplete metamorphosis? 

• The insect changes color when it becomes an adult.

• The first stage of the insects development is as an egg.

• The insect undergoes more than four stages in its development.

• The insect has similar body parts throughout its development.

Which life cycle has nymphs that resemble the adults? 

• complete metamorphosis

• direct development

• indirect development

• incomplete metamorphosis