COMPLETE &

INCOMPLETEMETAMORPHOSIS

(LIFE CYCLES)

BIRTHTHE BEGINNING OF A LIFE CYCLE

GROWTHTO GET BIGGER

LIFE CYCLETHE STAGES IN AN ORGANISM’S LIFE FROM

BIRTH TO DEATH

METAMORPHOSIS“CHANGE IN FORM”

THAT SOME ANIMALS GO THROUGH DURING THEIR LIFE CYCLE

COMPLETE METAMORPHOSISA TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF 4 STAGES---

EGG*LARVA*PUPA*ADULT(THE BABY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ADULT)

Darkling Beetle

INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSISA TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES 3 DISTINCT STAGES

EGG*NYMPH*ADULT(THE BABY LOOKS LIKE THE ADULT)

EGGTHE FIRST STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF MANY ORGANISMS, INCLUDING BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS,

REPTILES, FISH AND INSECTS

LARVATHE SMALL, WORM-LIKE STAGE IN THE LIFE

CYCLE OF SOME INSECTS

PUPATHE STAGE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF SOME INSECTS WHEN THE ORGANISM CHANGES FROM LARVA TO AN ADULT

ADULTA FULL GROWN ANIMAL OR PLANT

NYMPHLARVA 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 ALIST OF INSECTS ON A LAB SHEET.

ONE BY ONE YOU WILL LOOK AT PICTURES OFTHE LIFE CYCLES OF EACH INSECT THAT IS

LISTED ON YOUR SHEET.YOU ARE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE LIFE CYCLE

ISCOMPLETE OR INCOMPLETE.THEN, YOU ARE TO WRITE

“HOW YOU KNOW”WHAT TYPE OF LIFE CYCLE EACH INSECT GOES THRU.

******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