Animal Life Cycles and Traits

What does metamorphosis mean?

• To change or transform

• A fully grown plant or animal

• To shed an outer skeleton or skin

• I have no idea!

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

• Cat

• Frog

• Snake

• Beetle

What is the second stage in a caterpillars life cycle?

• Adult

• Egg

• Larva

• Pupa

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How does a frog start its life?

• As a tadpole

• As a larva

• As an adult

• As an egg

In many ways, young animals are a lot like _______

• Their mother

• Both their mother and father

• Their father

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What does variation mean?

• Means that you got it from your parents or ancestors.

• When an organism makes more organisms of the same kind as the parent.

• When organisms are different from their parents or ancestors.

• The effect that the environment has on inherited traits.

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The color of your eyes, skin, and hair are all examples of _______ traits.

• Learned

• Behavioral

• Inherited

• Environmental

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A mother hawk teaches its baby to hunt. This is an example of:

• the environment

• an inherited trait

• a learned behavior

• a life cycle

Which are examples of inherited traits? (select all that apply)

• Eye Color

• Hair Color

• Height

• Picky Eating

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How are birds, reptiles, and fish alike?

• They all begin as eggs

• The all have legs

• They all breathe through lungs

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