to produce again: such as to produce (new individuals of the same kind)
Reptiles
rep·tile
cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that include the alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, turtles, (also dinosaurs) and that have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates.
Life cycle
the stages a living thing goes through during its life.
Amphibians
am·phib·i·an
animals that can live on land or in water, are vertebrates (animals with backbones). Amphibians were the first vertebrates to appear on land. The early amphibians were the ancestors of all reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Examples: frogs, toads, salamanders
Spores
Plants reproduce, or make more of their kind, either by seeds or spores
Nymphs
nim(p)f
an immature insect. a larva of an insect such as a grasshopper with incomplete metamorphosis or incompletely developed body parts.
Moult
mōlt
The insect grows a new covering. This process is called molting
Metamorphosis
meta·mor·pho·sis
Metamorphosis is a process some animals go through to become adults. It is a series of physical changes. Many insects go through four stages of metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Larva
lar·va
the immature, wingless, and often wormlike feeding form that hatches from the egg of many insects,
Pupa
pu·pa
stage of an insect's (such as a bee, moth, or beetle) life cycle. Pupa is usually enclosed in a cocoon or protective covering.
Hatch
hach
to emerge from an egg, or pupa
Cocoon
co·coon
a covering or case made by some insects to protect themselves or their young as they develop into adults
Parasite
par·a·site
A parasite is an organism (or living thing) that lives on or inside another organism. It depends on the other organism for food and other things that it needs to live. The parasite’s victim is called its host. The host is usually much larger than the parasite.
Genes
jēn
A baby gets a set of genes from the father and another set from the mother. These genes work together to produce the baby’s traits. Each gene has a special task—for example, giving dimples to the baby’s cheeks.
Traits
ˈtrāts
unique features passed from parents to their young
Heredity
he·red·i·ty
the process of passing of certain features from parents to their young
Inherit
in·her·it
to get certain feature from a parent
Haemophilia
he·mo·phil·ia
a disease that causes delayed clotting of the blood.
Iris
ī-rəs
the colored part around the pupil of the eye that changes in size to control the amount of light entering the pupil