1. Life Cycles

2. Most insects, in the adult stage, have wings.
Metamorphosis- when an organism goes through many stages to reach adulthood.
Complete- ELPA
Incomplete- ENA
COMPLETE: egg, larva, pupa, adult
INCOMPLETE: egg, nymph, adult
Most insects, in the adult stage, have wings.
Example: worker ants

3. Complete:
Larva is very different from the adult stage in its physical characteristics
Egg, Larva (worm-like state), pupa (chrysalis or cocoon state), adult
Chrysalis= butterfly, Cocoon= any other insect
A protective covering of a pupa that forms as a pupa changes to its adult state.
Example: butterflies, mealworms, moths, etc.

4. Incomplete:
After molting process (shedding outer layer of skin) more characteristics are added to appear as an adult.
Egg, Nymph (baby that looks similar to adult), Adult
Example: crickets, cockroaches, etc.

5. Complete or incomplete?

6. Complete or incomplete?

7. Complete or incomplete?

8. Complete or incomplete?

9. Complete or incomplete?

10. Complete or incomplete?

11. Life cycle of a FROG
Egg, tadpole (has a tail), froglet (smaller tail, legs form), adult (no tail)

12. What do the arrows in a life cycle diagram represent?
Answer: the sequence of stages in the cycle
**Starts as egg, becomes a larva, becomes a pupa, becomes and adult that can reproduce and lay eggs.