Animal Life Cycles
Across
- 4. When a sperm cell and an egg cell combine to form a zygote
- 7. The part of an egg that contains food for the developing embryo
- 8. The larval form of a butterfly
- 10. The type of insect that a mealworm grows into
- 12. A recently hatched salmon still attached to the yolk sac
- 13. A baby organism developing inside the egg or mother
- 15. A series of distinct growth stages that are different from one another
- 17. The type of insect that a caterpillar grows into
- 18. The stage of salmon reproduction when eggs are laid and fertilized
- 19. Form of fertilization that occurs within the mother's body
Down
- 1. The only group of mammals that lay eggs
- 2. A type of metamorphosis where an insect goes through four very distinct phases
- 3. The nonfeeding stage of metamorphosis when an insect develops a hard, case-like coating
- 5. Form of fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body
- 6. A type of metamorphosis where an organism goes through stages that generally resemble the adult
- 9. A fish that lives in the ocean and swims back upstream to reproduce
- 11. The immature stage of an insect that hatches from an egg
- 14. The specific name for the pupa of a butterfly
- 16. The young of living organisms