Week 2: Life Cycles

The question we were investigating this week was: what do all life cycles have in common? What kinds of structures and functions support a life cycle? To investigate those questions, we focused on Mealworms and Wisconsin Fast Plants. It was interesting investigating the Mealworms and comparing them to a butterfly life cycle. This investigation also helped me answer the question from last week, on what makes a thing living. Going through the life cycle of a mealworm and a plant showed commonalities they both have in their life cycle. All living things have a life cycle that goes like this: Birth--> growth--> reproduction--> death. It was interesting to learn that living things all generally have the same life cycle, whether they are animals or plants.