Animal Plant Life Cycles

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What is a life cycle?

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A life cycle is the series of stages that an animal or plant goes through from the beginning of its life until it reproduces.

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What stage comes after a tadpole in a frog's life cycle?

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A tadpole grows into a frog.

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What do we call the process when animals produce offspring?

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Mating.

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What is metamorphosis?

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Metamorphosis is the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.

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What is the first stage in a chicken's life cycle?

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An egg.

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What do we call the young form of a frog?

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A tadpole.

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Which animal does not start its life as an egg?

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A mammal, like a gorilla, starts as a baby.

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What is the last stage in a gorilla's life cycle?

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An adult.

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What do we call the young form of a butterfly?

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A caterpillar.

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What is the purpose of a life cycle?

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To show how living things grow, reproduce, and eventually die.