Adaptations/Plant Parts/Life Cycles

Any characteristic that helps a plant or animal survive in its environment.

• Structure

• Function

• Adaptation

• Life Cycle

Use the picture of the ladybug lifecycle to place the life cycle of the ladybug in the correct order.

• Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug

• Egg, Larva, Pupa, Young Ladybug, Adult Ladybug

• Egg, Adult Ladybug, Young Ladybug, Pupa, Larva

• Adult Ladybug, Egg, Young Ladybug, Larva, Pupa

What adaptations does the Jackrabbit have that help it live in the desert?

• Their fur is white in order to reflect the heat from the sun.

• Sharp teeth to eat cactus in order to obtain water.

• Hard shell to protect itself from predators.

• Large ears to help it cool itself.

Many animal life cycles begin with an _____.

• seed

• egg

Plant life cycles begin with a _____.

• seed

• egg

How are plants and animals alike?

• Both are living things that grow and change.

• Both are nonliving things that grow and change.

• Both are living things that eat animals.

• Both can make their own food.

How are plants and animals different?

• Animals can make their own food, plants cannot

• Animals eat plants, plants eat animals

• Animals need sunlight, plants do not.

• Plants can make their own food, animals cannot

What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?

• eggs

• sprouts

• adult

• caterpillar

A caterpillar will eat and store food for the next stage of its life. What stage comes after the caterpillar in a butterly's life cycle?

• Chrysalis

• Adult butterfly

• Eggs

• Caterpillars

The picture below shows a butterfly as an egg. What would happen next in this butterfly's life cycle?

• Caterpillar

• Butterfly

• Chrysalis

• Eggs