Life Cycles Lesson

Both oak and pond apple trees produce fruit. After the fruits of these trees reach the ground the seeds inside take root and begin to grow. What is the next stage of the life cycle of oak trees and pond apple trees?

Most dragonflies undergo incomplete metamorphosis, which involves 3 stages, whcich involves four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Before a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly hibernates in a chrysalis, it is at a stage a dragonfly would also undergo. Which stage is this?

As caterpillars, the larvae of the mangrove buckeye butterfly eat mangrove leaves. Similarly nymphs of cicadas suck the juices from roots of a variety of plants. What stage of the life cycle do caterpillars of the Mangrove buckeye butterfly undergo next that cicada nymphs do not?

Right whales are marine mammals that can be seen off the coast of Canaveral National Seashore in Florida. Horseshoe carbs can also be seen of the beach of the Canaveral National Seashore. What stage of the life cycle must Right whales and Horseshoe crabs be at in order to reproduce?

Ferns and mosses both lack flowers, yet both are able to reproduce. What is the first stage of the life cycle of both ferns and mosses?

A nurse shark is a fish, yet it is like a bat because it can bear live young. Which life cycle stage would both a nurse shark and a bat need to be at in order to bear live young?

The southern flying squirrel and the Florida panther are mammals that bear live young. After the infants of both species are born, they depend on their mother for milk. Eventually the young squirrels and panhers grow larger and become less dependent. What stage of the life cycle comes after the stage on infancy for the young of both species?

The Florida Butterfly Orchid and the Cabbage Palm are flowering plants. Both produce seeds that must be fertilized. What do the seeds of both plants become after they have been fertilized?