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Life cycle crossword puzzles on metamorphosis, larvae, tadpoles, and how living things grow.

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Life Cycles

Medium · 15×15 · 14 words
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  1. 1. Earliest stage of a developing plant or animal, before birth or hatching
  2. 5. Young animal that has not yet reached adulthood
  3. 10. Immature, wingless feeding stage between egg and pupa in many insects
  4. 12. Process of a seed beginning to sprout and grow into a plant
  5. 13. Young insect that looks like a small adult and lacks a pupal stage
  6. 14. Total length of time an organism is expected to live

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  1. 2. Young produced by an animal or plant
  2. 3. Final, sexually mature stage of an organism's life cycle
  3. 4. Non-feeding stage during which an insect's body is completely rebuilt into its adult form
  4. 6. Describes a life cycle with only three main stages
  5. 7. Transfer of pollen that allows a flowering plant to produce seeds
  6. 8. Describes metamorphosis with four distinct stages, including a pupa
  7. 9. All the offspring born and living around the same time
  8. 11. To produce offspring of the same species

Life Cycles

Easy · 11×11 · 12 words
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  1. 2. Resting stage between larva and adult in many insects
  2. 5. To break out of an egg
  3. 6. Adult amphibian that hops and can live on land or water
  4. 8. Hard protective case a caterpillar forms before becoming a butterfly
  5. 10. Fully grown stage of an animal's life cycle
  6. 12. Colorful part of a plant that helps it make seeds

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  1. 1. Flying insect with colorful wings that starts life as a caterpillar
  2. 3. Part of a plant that grows from a flower and holds seeds
  3. 4. Round object where many animals begin life
  4. 7. Young frog that lives in water and breathes with gills
  5. 9. Worm-like young stage of an insect after it hatches
  6. 11. Small part that a new plant can sprout from

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