Metamorphosis

Match the word to the correct picture.

• incomplete metamorphosis

• pupa

• molt

• nymph

When a caterpillar is big enough, it will form a chrysalis. During which stage of metamorphosis does this occur?

• Adult

• Egg

• Nymph

• Pupa

Read the following passage and find the error.

"When a grasshopper egg hatches, a baby grasshopper called a pupa comes out of the egg and begins to grow. Although the nymph grasshopper already looks like a grasshopper, it still needs to molt its exoskeleton many times before becoming a full-grown adult."

Which statement corrects the error in the passage?

• A baby grasshopper is a larva.

• A baby grasshopper is a nymph.

• The grasshopper nymph hatches.

• The nymph has no exoskeleton.

Complete or Incomplete?

• Complete

• Incomplete

Select the statement that best describes components of complete and incomplete metamorphosis.

• During incomplete metamorphosis, the nymph molts its exoskeleton. During complete metamorphosis, the larva forms a chrysalis or cocoon.

• During incomplete metamorphosis, the pupa molts its exoskeleton. During complete metamorphosis, the nymph wraps itself in a chrysalis.

• Incomplete and complete metamorphosis both have four major stages.

• Incomplete and complete metamorphosis both have three major stages.