Comparing Insect Life Cycles

Comparing Insect Life Cycles

Let's review complete and incomplete metamorphosis with butterflies and grasshoppers!

Open Ended

Insects go through metamorphosis as they go through the stages of their life cycle. What does metamorphosis mean?

Multiple Choice

Which insect goes through a complete metamorphosis?

• grasshopper

• butterfly

Open Ended

What are the stages of a butterfly's life cycle?

Open Ended

What are the stages of a grasshopper's life cycle?

Multiple Choice

What is the stage in an organism's life where they are fully grown and can reproduce?

• egg

• nymph

• pupa

• adult

Multiple Choice

In a grasshopper's life cycle, what is the stage that comes after the egg?

• larva

• adult

• nymph

Multiple Choice

What is the stage in an insect's life cycle where the insect is rarely moving and is going through the most change?

• egg

• nymph

• pupa

• larva

Multiple Choice

What stage in an insect's life cycle do they eat the most?

• larva

• adult

• egg

• pupa

Open Ended

How are butterfly and grasshopper life cycles different?