Metamorpheses Flashcards
An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
Adaptation
An animal with a backbone.
Vertebrates
The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.
Homeostasis
A process in which an animal’s body undergoes major changes in shape and form during its life cycle.
Metamorphosis
A type of metamorphosis with four distinct stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Complete Metamorphosis
The third stage of complete metamorphosis, in which a larva develops into an adult insect.
Pupa
A type of metamorphosis with three stages: egg, nymph, and adult.
Incomplete metamorphosis
A stage of incomplete metamorphosis that usually resembles the adult insect.
Nymph
Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.
Evolution
A diagram that shows probable evolutionary relationships among organisms and the order in which specific characteristics may have evolved.
Branching Tree Diagram
A characteristic or trait, such as fur, that the common ancestor of a group had and passed on to its descendants.
Shared Derived Characteristic
The process by which unrelated organisms evolve similar characteristics
Convergent Evolution
