Life Cycles of Animals

One example of a trait that is passed from parent to offspring is ________

• having feet

• kicking a ball

• avoiding foods that taste bad

• reading

What is a life-cycle?

• changes in the size of a plant or animal

• ordered stages that occur in a plant's or animal's lifetime

• changes that occur to a living thing with the change or seasons

• the end of a plant's or animal's lifetime

How do sea turtles care for their young?

• by laying the eggs on a food souce

• by covering the eggs with sand

• by laying the eggs in nests of other animals who will care for them

• by never leaving the eggs alone

One animal that does not hatch from an egg is

• bird

• turtle

• fish

• horse

What is a group of living things that can produce living things of the same kind called?

• species

• animals

• plants

• adults

The process by which plants and animals produce young of their kind is called ___________.

• growth

• development

• reproduction

• death

A developing chick inside an egg is called a(n)

• nymph

• species

• yolk

• embryo

Growth refers to changes in plants and animals as they become adults.

• true

• false

Animal babies that develop from eggs inside their mothers' bodies are born live.

• true

• false

A mother whale will protect her baby even if she must put herself in danger.

• true

• false