Answer the following question given this paragraph: 

Sexual reproduction occurs in a cycle. Diploid parents produce haploid gametes that unite and develop into diploid adults, which repeat the cycle. This series of life stages and events that a sexually reproducing organism goes through is called its life cycle . Sexually reproducing organisms can have different types of life cycles. Three are described in the following sections.


Q: This series of life stages and events that a sexually reproducing organism goes through is called its what?

 Choices:

- maturation cycle

- development cycle

- formative period

- life cycle

A:
life cycle
