COMPLETE
&
INCOMPLETE
METAMORPHOSIS
(LIFE CYCLES)
BIRTH
THE BEGINNING OF A LIFE CYCLE
GROWTH
TO GET BIGGER
LIFE CYCLE
THE STAGES IN AN ORGANISM’S LIFE FROM
BIRTH TO DEATH
METAMORPHOSIS
“CHANGE IN FORM”
THAT SOME ANIMALS GO THROUGH DURING THEIR LIFE
CYCLE
COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS
A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 4 STAGES--EGG*LARVA*PUPA*ADULT
(THE BABY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ADULT)
Darkling Beetle
INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS
A TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES 3 DISTINCT STAGES
EGG*NYMPH*ADULT
(THE BABY LOOKS LIKE THE ADULT)
EGG
THE FIRST STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF MANY ORGANISMS,
INCLUDING BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, FISH AND INSECTS
LARVA
THE SMALL, WORM-LIKE STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF SOME
INSECTS
PUPA
THE STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF SOME INSECTS WHEN THE
ORGANISM CHANGES FROM LARVA TO AN ADULT
ADULT
A FULL GROWN ANIMAL OR PLANT
NYMPH
LARVA STAGE OF CERTAIN INSECTS THAT UNDERGO INCOMPLETE
METAMORPHOSIS AND RESEMBLES A SMALLER VERSION OF THE
ADULT
LET’S LOOK AT SOME LIFE CYCLES IN NATURE!
HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE LIFE CYCLE OF A TOMATO PLANT.
WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A
COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS?
HERE IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FROG.
IS THIS LIFE CYCLE A
COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE LIFE CYCLE?
REMEMBER, LOOK AT THE BABY?
DOES IT LOOK LIKE THE ADULT??
LET’S COMPARE THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY, BEETLE, RADISH, LIMA BEAN
WHAT DO YOU NOTICE?
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN COMPLETE AND INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS
OF INSECTS.
YOUR TEACHER IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A
LIST OF INSECTS ON A LAB SHEET.
ONE BY ONE YOU WILL LOOK AT PICTURES OF
THE LIFE CYCLES OF EACH INSECT THAT IS
LISTED ON YOUR SHEET.
YOU ARE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LIFE CYCLE
IS
COMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE.
THEN, YOU ARE TO WRITE
“HOW YOU KNOW”
WHAT TYPE OF LIFE CYCLE EACH INSECT GOES THRU.
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COMPLETE: THE BABY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ADULT.
INCOMPLETE: THE BABY LOOKS LIKE THE ADULT
TICK
MOSQUITO
MEALWORM
HOUSEFLY
MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE
GRASSHOPPER
LADYBUG
BED BUG
FLEA
BUTTERFLY
ANT
BOXELDER BUG
SILVERFISH
COCKROACH
HONEYBEE