****5.10C Science STAAR (Metamorphosis--STREAMLINED)

A dragonfly’s life cycle is shown here.
In a dragonfly’s life cycle, the stage that flies around is also the stage that

• lives underwater
• lays eggs
• becomes a nymph
• eats plants

The diagrams show the life cycle of a frog and of a ladybug.
What do frog and ladybug life cycles have in common? Both frogs and ladybugs spend time as -

• a tadpole
• a pupa
• a larva
• an egg

List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order. 

• egg, pupa, larva, adult
• egg, larva, pupa, adult
• adult, egg, larva, pupa
• adult, egg, pupa, larva

Which of these correctly lists the stages of incomplete metamorphosis in the order in which they occur?

• Larva, Pupa, Adult
• Egg, Nymph, Adult
• Egg, Pupa, Adult
• Larva, Nymph, Adult

Incomplete metamorphosis is different than complete metamorphosis because an insect that goes through incomplete metamorphosis –

• does not begin as an egg
• does not go through the pupa stage
• is always born under the water
• will not have wings when it is an adult

List the correct order of the three stages in an incomplete life cycle.

• egg, nymph, adult

• adult, nymph, egg

• egg, adult, nymph

• nymph, egg, adult

The second stage in incomplete metamorphosis is a/an_.

• embryo
• adult
• nymph
• larva

The process in which some organisms change form during different stages of life is called_.

• germinate
• life span
• direct development
• metamorphosis

After a frog hatches from an egg it looks just like an adult frog.

• True
• False

Which of the following goes through INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS for its life cycle?

• butterfly
• dog
• oak tree
• grasshopper