Insect Life Cycles Assessment

What makes the adult stage of an insect different from the previous stages? Adult insects can...

• need the most food

• can have babies, reproduce

• don't have wings

• are unable to move

The image shows a monarch caterpillar.

A caterpillar represents which stage in the monarch's life cycle?

• an egg

• a larva

• a pupa

• an adult

Some insects, such as a grasshopper, only have three stages in their life cycle. Instead of a larva and pupa stage, they have a nymph stage. During the nymph stage, the young grasshopper looks like a smaller version of the adult, but it does not have any...

• legs

• antenna

• eyes

• wings

The diagram shows an insect going through metamorphosis. The life cycle begins when the beetle produces...

• eggs

• a larva

• a pupa

• an adult

For a monarch caterpillar to transform into a butterfly, it must pass through a stage that is sometimes called a chrysalis. This image shows a monarch chrysalis. The chrysalis represents which stage in the life cycle of a butterfly?

• egg

• larva

• pupa

• adult