Life Cycles Assessment

What is a life cycle?

• What goes on your bike?

• A perfect circle.

• All the stages a living thing goes through as it grows and reproduces.

What is metamorphosis?

• a series of major changes in an animal's body form during its life cycle

• an animal that eats other animals to survive

• the passing of traits from parents to their offspring

What is a seedling?

• a young plant

• a young animal

• an old animal

• an adult tree

In complete metamorphosis, an insect goes through four stages.

• true

• false

• I don't know

Flowering plants produce flowers that become seeds or fruit.

• true

• false

• I don't know

What does it mean to germinate?

• to begin to grow or sprout

• to cough on people

• A flower that is not opened up or fully grown

• None of the above

The life cycle of a darkling beetle is shown here. Which stage represents the change from larva to adult?

• A

• B

• C

• D

The diagram illustrates the life cycle of a tomato plant. Which stage in this plant life cycle is the adult?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A ___ grows into a new plant.

• seed

• flower

A new plant grows from a _____.

• root

• petal

• stem

• seed