Life Cycles

What is a life cycle?

• process of changing from one form to another
• changes an animal goes through during its life
• larva spins this covering out of silk or grows hard shells

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What does a life cycle show?

• Shows an animal or plants life from birth to adult

• Shows what one can eat to get stronger

• Shows plant and animal needs

• Shows and describes food chains

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A change in form is...

• metamorphosis

• molt

• transform

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

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Do ALL animals resemble their parents when they are born?

• Yes

• No

I am cold-blooded, covered with dry scales, have a backbone, breathes with lungs, and lay eggs.

Which animal group am I?

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Birds

I am cold-blooded, covered with wet smooth skin, have a backbone, lay eggs, and breathe with gills when I'm young and lungs when I'm an adult?

Which animal group am I?

• Insects

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

I am warm-blooded, covered with feathers, have a backbone, lay eggs, have wings and beaks, and I breathe with lungs.

Which animal group am I?

• Fish

• Insects

• Birds

• Amphibians

I am warm-blooded, I feed milk to my babies, and I have a backbone.

Which animal could I be?

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What type of animal is a flamingo?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate