A developmental transformation that often involves a major change in body plan, and turns a larva into a juvenile that resembles an adult but is not yet sexually mature, is known as

Answer 1

Metamorphosis (Metamorphosis is a process by which animals undergo extreme, rapid physical changes some time after birth. The result of metamorphosis may be change to the organism’s entire body plan, such as a change in the animal’s number of legs, its means of eating, or its means of breathing).