Animal Life Cycles - Unit 2 M2 Lesson 1

What is metamorphosis?

• an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family

• the beginning or origin of a plant or animal

• a trait that can be passed from parents to offspring

• the process in which an animal changes shape

Compare the butterfly life cycle to the grasshopper life cycle? How are they the same?

• Both start out as eggs

• Both fly

• Both hang from tree branches

• Both hop

What is birth?

• the beginning or origin of a plant or animal

• an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family

• the process in which an animal changes shape

• a trait that can be passed from parents to offspring

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Which is not an example of a salamander's life cycle?

• returns to the water to lay eggs

• loses its gills and grows lungs

• egg hatches

• has live babies

An animal that goes through metamorphosis starts life as an ______.

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Which is the second stage in a ladybug’s life cycle?

• eggs

• adult

• larva

• pupa

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Which animal has a life cycle most like a chicken’s life cycle?

• dolphin

• bear

• cat

• turtle

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Compare the rhino beetle and ladybug life cycle. How are they different?

• The ladybug has a molt stage and the rhino beetle does not.

• The rhino beetle and the ladybug both go through a larva stage.

• The ladybug and rhino beetle both start as eggs.

• The rhino beetle eats leaves and the ladybug does not.

When does a life cycle end?

• when the organism dies

• when the organism reproduces

• never

• when the organism grows

Which animals do not undergo metamorphosis during its life cycle? Select all that apply.

• frog

• cat

• beetle

• snake