Animal Life

Cycles
Unit 4, Lesson 6

What is metamorphosis?
A

series of distinct growth

stages in an animals life
cycle that are different from
one another.

What is complete
metamorphosis?
A series of four distinct growth
stages in an animals life cycle.
Egg,

larva, pupa, adult

Larva
An

immature stage in complete

metamorphosis where the
organism does not resemble the
adult

Pupa

A non-feeding stage in complete

metamorphosis in which a hard, case-like
cocoon surround the organism

Incomplete metamorphosis
A

series of three growth stages

that occur gradually

Egg,

nymph, adult

Nymph
A

stage of metamorphosis
where the organism is similar
to an adult form but is
smaller

In the life cycle of a butterfly,

what stage is the caterpillar?
Larva

What happens during the

nymph stage of incomplete
metamorphosis?
The

organism gets bigger but

keeps the same basic shape and
form

How does the complete metamorphosis

differ from the incomplete metamorphosis?

Complete metamorphosis has 4 distinct

stages, while the incomplete
metamorphosis has only 3 distinct stages.

What do tadpoles eat?

Most

tadpoles are
herbivores, or plant eaters

Why dont tadpoles hatch with

lungs?
Frog

eggs are laid in the water. If

tadpoles hatched with lungs rather
than gills, they would not be able to
breathe.
Tadpoles are completely aquatic for
the first part of their lives

What happens when a

froglet becomes an adult?
It

moves onto land

Breathes air
Begins meat eating diet

How does a birds egg

protect the embryo
developing inside?
The

shell keeps the embryo from

drying out.

The

yolk provides food for the

developing embryo.

How is a fish or amphibian

egg protected?
It

is protected by a jellylike layer

that surrounds the egg

Name some animals that go

through complete metamorphosis
Butterflies
Moths
Flies
Beetles

Name some animals that go

through incomplete
metamorphosis
Grasshoppers
Termites
Bedbugs

What metamorphosis stage is

skipped in incomplete
metamorphosis?
In

incomplete metamorphosis,
the nymph stage is the same as
the larva stage in a complete
metamorphosis, and the pupa
stage is skipped.

Why cant grasshoppers grow

gradually like mammals,
reptiles, and birds do?

Grasshoppers have an exoskeleton

How does an amphibians life cycle

differ from that of other
vertebrates?
Amphibians

go through
metamorphosis, but other
vertebrate do not.

Why do animals have

different eggs?
Animals

have different eggs

depending on their structures
and the environments in
which they live.

What are the only

mammals that lay eggs?
Monotremes

are the only

mammals that lay eggs.