To start growing from a seed as the seed absorbs water and swells

A plant with seeds that grow flowers

The various stages an organism passes through as it grows, matures, and finally dies

A small cell that grows into a new plant

A characteristic passed on to a living thing from its parents

An animal with a backbone

Cold-blooded vertebrates that have smooth, moist skin and hatch from eggs

An animal without a backbone

Invertebrates with soft bodies that may have eyes and hard shells

An animal that has a hard covering outside its body

A change in the form/shape of an organislm

A hard case in which the young of some insects develops into an adult

To shed an outer covering

A stage in the life cycle of some insects when the young hatches from an egg and looks much like an adult, but smaller