Insect Adaptations and Metamorphosis

Flashcards covering key terms and concepts related to insect adaptations and stages of metamorphosis.

Spiracles

What do insects use to get oxygen?

Advantage of Seeds Spreading

They may have less competition for resources.

Stages of Complete Metamorphosis

4 stages: egg, larva, pupa, adult.

Stages of Incomplete Metamorphosis

Egg, nymph, adult.

Mutation

The change in a gene.

Succession

It follows change.

Example of a Behavioral Adaptation

A robin builds a nest out of sticks and dry grass.

Structural Adaptation

Adaptations like finches' beaks.

Breathing of Frogs as Tadpoles vs Adults

Tadpoles breathe with gills in water; adult frogs breathe with lungs and through their skin.

Structural Adaptations for Adult Frogs

Strong hind legs for jumping, webbed feet for swimming, camouflage skin to hide from predators.

Exoskeleton

A hard skeleton on the outside of the body of some animals.

Metamorphosis

The process of an animal changing form during its life cycle.

Extinct Species

A species that has no more members of its kind alive.

Adaptation

A characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.