Across
- 2. a life cycle in which meiosis occurs shortly after fertilization
- 6. a type of life cycle in which meiosis produces gametes and the bulk of the life cycle is passed as a diploid
- 8. a young frog or toad in the larval stage of development
- 9. a type of mating pattern in which eggs and sperm are released into the water after mating partners come near on another
- 10. a mating pattern in which the male and female come close together and the male introduces the sperm into the body of the female where fertilization occurs
- 13. a group or mass of cells having a common function
- 14. the transformation of a larva to an adult
Down
- 1. a process changing cells or organisms from a generalized to a more specific or specialized condition
- 3. an early stage in the development of an animal of an animal or plant
- 4. refers to grown or mature animals or plants
- 5. the idea that organisms reproduce from adult, to gametes and back to adult again in a cycle or pattern
- 7. the juvenile stage or phase of life of an organism which undergoes metamorphosis
- 8. something which occurs on the land or refers to the land
- 11. something which lives in or pertains to water
- 12. the developmental stage between larva and adult in insects undergoing complete metamorphosis