A Frog's Life 2nd

 According to the text, what does a life cycle show? 

• the eggs that amphibians hatch 
• the tadpole that grows inside each egg 
• the stages in an animal's life
• the tiny egg that most frogs come from

 The text lists and describes the stages of the life cycle of a frog. Which of the following shows these stages in the correct order? 

• egg, tadpole, frog, froglet 
• egg, tadpole, froglet, frog 
• egg, froglet, tadpole, frog 
• egg, froglet, frog, tadpole  

 Frogs eat different kinds of food during different stages of their life cycles. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• Tadpoles hatch from eggs. Adult frogs grow from froglets
• Tadpoles live in water. Adult frogs live mostly on land. 
• Tadpoles breathes using gills. Adult frogs breathe using lungs.
• Tadpoles eat tiny water plants called algae. Adult frogs eat insects, worms, and snails.

What is the main idea of this passage? 

• A life cycle of a frog has four main stages. 
• Tadpoles use their long tails to swim and move like fish.
• A jelly coating protects frog eggs from being eaten by other animals. 
• Amphibians spend part of their lives in water and part on land. 

 Read these sentences from the text. “A jelly coating makes the eggs slippery. That protects them from being eaten by other animals.” What does the word "protects" mean here? 

• makes them easy to find 
• makes them hard to find 
• puts in danger or harm's way
• keeps safe from danger or harm 

Tadpoles eat tiny water plants called ____________.

• gills
• algae
• lungs
• froglet

Why does the tadpole swim to the top of the water to breathe air?

• Because it has gills
• Because it starts to look like a frog.
• Because it grows lungs.
• Because it grows legs and toes.

What are the characteristics of an amphibian?

• They spend part of their life in water and on land and they have bumpy skin.
• They live part of their life in water and on land and they lay eggs.
• They spend part of their life in water and on land and are born live.
• They have smooth skin and are born live.