A Frog's Life

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

• A. the eggs that amphibians hatch

• B. the tadpole that grows inside each egg

• C. the stages in an animal's life

• D. 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?

• A. egg, tadpole, frog, froglet

• B. egg, tadpole, froglet, frog

• C. egg, froglet, tadpole, frog

• D. 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?

• A. Tadpoles hatch from eggs. Adult frogs grow from froglets

• B. Tadpoles live in water. Adult frogs live mostly on land.

• C. Tadpoles breathes using gills. Adult frogs breathe using lungs.

• D. Tadpoles eat tiny water plants called algae. Adult frogs eat insects, worms, and snails.

4. Read these sentence from the text. "A mother frog lays eggs in or near water.

• A. At the beginning stages of its life cycle, a frog lives mostly on land. Towards the final stages of its life cycle, a frog lives in water.

• B. Throughout all stages of its life cycle, a frog lives in land.

• C. At the beginning stages of its life cycle, a frog lives in water. Towards the final stages of its life cycle, a frog lives mostly on land.

• D. Throughout all stages of its life cycle, a frog lives mostly on land.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• A. A life cycle of a frog has four main stages.

• B. Tadpoles use their long tails to swim and move like fish.

• C. A jelly coating protects frog eggs from being eaten by other animals.

• D. 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?

• A. makes them easy to find

• B. makes them hard to find

• C. puts in danger or harm's way

• D. keeps safe from danger or harm

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence. Most frogs come from tiny eggs. A tiny tadpole grows inside each egg. ___________, the tadpole hatches.

• A. Meanwhile

• B. Then

• C. Before

• D. Instead

Where do most frogs come from?

• land

• froglet

• tiny eggs