| A | B |
| life cycle | The ordered stages that occur in a plan's or animal's lifetime |
| species | group of living things that can produce living things of the same kind |
| egg | the first stage in the life cycle of almost all animals |
| complete metamorphosis | a four stage life cycle of some insects |
| incomplete metamorphosis | a three stage life cycle of sme insects |
| larva | a caterpillar or wormlike, the second stage in complete metamorphosis |
| pupa | a chrysalis, the third stage in complete metamorphosis |
| adult | the last stage of a life cycle |
| reproduction | the process by which an animal produces offspring |
| embryo | an animal in the earliest stages of its developmen. The white spot you found on the chicken egg is the embryo. |