Insect Life Cycle Reading A-Z Level L

What do you call the life changes an animal goes through?

• a life cycle

• an insect

• a larva

• hatching

How are most insects alike? Choose THREE correct answers.

• They have three body parts.

• They wear their skeletons as hard shells.

• They have six legs.

• They have a four stage life cycle.

Which stage is not part of the four-stage life cycle?

• larva

• nymph

• adult

• egg

What two stages are in both the three-stage and four-stage life cycles?

• larva and pupa

• egg and adult

• nymph and pupa

• adult and larva

What is the main idea of the book?

• Adult insects have three body parts.

• Nymphs do not turn into pupae.

• All insects begin as eggs.

• Insects have life cycles.

Which sentence states an opinion?

• Insects have interesting life cycles.

• Some insects have a three-stage life cycle.

• All insects have six legs.

• Mayfly adults live for one day.

What might you find eating wool sweaters?

• caterpillars

• beetle larvae

• moth larvae

• grubs

Why do butterflies lay their eggs underneath leaves?

• The caterpillars can hide when they come out of the eggs.

• The eggs are protected from the wind.

• The new caterpillars will have leaves to eat.

• None of the above

Metamorphosis means ____________.

• changing shape

• hatching

• life cycle

• growing

What is the first stage of the three-stage life cycle?

• adult

• larva

• egg

• pupa