Chapter 2 - Life Cycles Flashcards
1
Q
a characteristic that makes one organism different from another
A
trait
2
Q
the process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring
A
heredity
3
Q
the basic unit of heredity
A
gene
4
Q
the process that plants use to make sugar
A
photosynthesis
5
Q
all the stages a living thing goes through
A
life cycle
6
Q
a kind of growth in which an organism gets larger but doesn’t go through other changes
A
direct development
7
Q
major changes in the body form during the life cycle of an animal
A
metamorphosis
