Life Cycle

Multiple Choice

Which answer below lists the correct order of the stages of the butterfly life cycle?

• pupa, egg, larva, butterfly

• larva, egg, pupa, butterfly

• egg, pupa, larva, butterfly

• egg, larva, pupa, butterfly

Open Ended

Why do you think it is important for scientists to study the life cycles of animals like butterflies and frogs?

Multiple Choice

Look at the picture of a frog's life cycle. Select the tadpole stage.

• Eggs

• Tadpole

• Froglet

• Adult Frog

Multiple Choice

Frogs do not look like their parents when they hatch. Rather, a frog will hatch and have the ability to move well in water. Which of the following represents what a frog looks like when it is first hatched?

• Adult Frog

• Eggs

• Froglet

• Tadpole

Multiple Select

Animals and plants undergo a series of orderly changes in their diverse life cycles. Which organisms look very different when they are young as compared to their adult stage? Select TWO correct answers.

• humans

• cats

• lady bugs

• cows

• frogs

Multiple Choice

What other organism has a similar life cycle, where the hatchling looks very different from the parent?

• dog

• owl

• butterfly

• elephant

Open Ended

Describe one way in which the life cycle of a frog is similar to the life cycle of a butterfly.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the correct order of the stages of a life cycle?

• adult, egg, larva, pupa

• egg, pupa, larva, adult

• egg, larva, pupa, adult

• adult, pupa, larva, egg

Multiple Choice

A new species has been found. After careful study, scientists have determined that the creature spends a part of its life cycle as a worm-like creature, becomes dormant for 3 weeks after enclosing itself in a pupa that it makes, and then emerges from the pupa as a winged creature. This creature's life cycle is MOST similar to a —

• butterfly

• frog

• bird

• bat

Open Ended

Explain what the butterfly larva does most of the time during this stage. Why does the larva need to do this?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the BEST way for students to record information about what tadpoles look like as they change into frogs?

• Observe the tadpoles once a week and sketch the tadpoles.

• Observe the tadpoles once a week and measure how fast they swim

• Observe the tadoles once a week and note their interactions with each other.

• Observe the tadpoles once a week and determine their eating habits.

Open Ended

What is one thing you learned about the life cycles of animals today?