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Life Cycles
plant and animal life cycles
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Science
5th Grade
01/18/2016
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Life Cycle
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the sequence of stages an organism goes through during its life
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death


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the last stage of any animal life cycle

 
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metamorphosis

 

 

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a set of steps only a few animal species undergo (frogs, butterflies, some insects) where it changes into something completely different after developing into an adult
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birth

 

 

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the first stage of any animal life cycle- newly hatched or born, very dependent on parents to meet needs
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growth

 

 

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the second stage of any animal life cycle- getting bigger, learning more skills and adding more features
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development

 

 

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the third stage of any animal life cycle- almost fully grown and lives independently of parents
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reproduction

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the fourth stage of any animal life cycle- as animal is now an adult and creates new eggs of same species
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