🦋Animal Life Cycles Test

1. Birth is ___.

• a. an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family
• b. the beginning or origin of a plant or animal
• c. a trait that can be passed from parents to offspring
• d. the process in which an animal changes shape

2. Metamorphosis is ___.

• a. an inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same family
• b. the beginning or origin of a plant or animal
• c. a trait that can be passed from parents to offspring
• d. the process in which an animal changes shape

3. Which is NOT an example of a salamander's life cycle?

• a. egg hatches
• b. loses its gills and grows lungs
• c. returns to the water to lay eggs
• d. has live babies

4. Compare the butterfly life cycle to the grasshopper life cycle. How are they the SAME?

• a. Both animals fly.
• b. Both animals start out as eggs.
• c. Both animals hang from tree branches.
• d. Both animals hop.

5. After a fish egg hatches, it_____.

• a. goes through a metamorphosis
• b. looks like a small version of its parents

6. Which animal has a life cycle most like a chicken’s life cycle?

• a. dog
• b. bear
• c. horse
• d. turtle

7. When does a life cycle end?

• a. when the organism dies
• b. when the organism reproduces
• c. when the organism grows

8. Which is the SECOND stage in a ladybug’s life cycle?

• a. adult
• b. egg
• c. larva
• d. pupa

9. An animal that goes through metamorphosis starts life as an ____.

• a. adult
• b. egg
• c. larva
• d. pupa

10. How does a frog start its life?

• a. as a tadpole
• b. as a larva
• c. as an adult
• d. as an egg