Brewer Science DOL 4.18

Which statement BEST compares the stages in the organisms' development?

• Both organisms change form to become an adult.

• Both organisms look like the adult while growing.

• Organism 2 reaches adulthood in a shorter time.

• Both organisms have young that live in similar habitats.

Which inference can be made by comparing the life cycles of an oak tree and a lady beetle?

• Plants require less energy than insects require to undergo changes from a young organism to a mature organism.

• Insects and plants follow a series of changes that allows them to survive and reproduce.

• Insects are more likely than plants to adapt to changes in the environment to survive.

• Insects and plants are dependent on one another for survival.

Which of these correctly compares the lacewing life cycle with the frog life cycle?

• Adult lacewings lay eggs, but adult frogs give birth to live larvae.

• When they hatch, young lacewings and young frogs look different from their adult forms.

• When they hatch, both lacewings and frogs have long legs for jumping.

• Both adult lacewings and adult frogs have more legs than they had as larvae.

One stage in the life cycle of an apple tree is the release of seeds. Which of these animal activities is most like the stage of the life cycle in which seeds are released?

• A. A snake shedding its skin

• B. A tadpole growing into an adult

• C. A swarm of bees leaving a hive

• D. A bird laying an egg

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

Some students are investigating the life cycle of the spotted salamander. They learn that these salamanders must live close to water and lay their eggs in water. After 20-60 days the eggs hatch as larvae that must stay in the water until they mature into adult salamanders. The students infer that the life cycle of the spotted salamander is similar to the life cycle of the frog because both animals -

• A. have long tails and strong jumping legs as adults.

• B. live near water and produce larvae with wings.

• C. lay eggs in water, which hatch into larvae that live in water.

• D. produce offspring that hatch from eggs and look like adults.