yellow belt Flashcards
flowering plants
plants that reproduce with flowers
nonflowering plants
plants that reproduce by spores,not flowers
bird
an animal that has a backbone,feathers,wings,
and lightweight bones,breaths air,lays eggs with a hard shell
fish
an animal that has a backbone and fins;lives in water and breaths through gills
mammal
an animal that has fur or hair;breaths air with lungs;does not lay eggs;feeds milk to its young
reptile
an animal that has a backbone and dry,leathery skin or scales;breaths air with lungs;lays eggs with leathery shells or sometimes gives birth to live young
amphibian
an animal that has a backbone and lives in water when it is young and land when it is an adult
arthropod
an animal that has a hard-outer skeleton and jointed legs
complete
metamorphosis
a change in form from one stage to the next in the life history (ex.egg,larva (caterpillar,pupa (chrysalis),adult (butterfly)
incomplete
metamorphosis
type of insect development characterized by similar appearance of pre-adults and adults
nymph
the offspring of an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis;it generally appears much like the adult without going through a pupal stage
larva
an early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo a complete metamorphosis
life cycle
the stages an organism’s growth and development
pupa
a stage in the life cycle of an insect that occurs between larva and adult
