LIFE CYCLE

A frog’s life cycle begins in the ​ water . Frogs ​ (a)   in the water.

​ (b)   hatch from the eggs and live in the water.

They breathe with their ​ (c)   and have ​ (d)   to swim.

As tadpoles grow older, they become ​ (e)   and get ready to live on land.

Soon, they become ​ adult frogs .

They move onto land where they live most of their lives.

• Tadpoles
• air
• nose
• lay eggs
• give birth
• Froglets
• gills
• tails
• froglets
• Adult frog

Drag the appropriate label for each stage of development of the butterfly.

a

b

c

d

PUPA

MOTH

COCOON

CATERPILLAR

ADULT BUTTERFLY

EGG

Match the stage of the frog's development with its description

a

b

c

d

tail disappears; eats insects

hatches from eggs; able to breathe& eat

tails shorten and legs appear

legs shorten and fins grow

born looking like the adult frog

small frogs born alive by mother frog

laid by the adult frog in the water

TRUE OR FALSE. The butterfly's life begins as a larva

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TRUE OR FALSE. The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The caterpillar turns itself into a chrysalis (pupa).

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TRUE OR FALSE. inside the chryalis (the hard shell), the caterpillar slowly changes to become a butterfly.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The life cycle starts again if the adult animal has its own offspring.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The frog's life cycle begins in land, where it is born as a tadpole.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The lungs of a tadpole help it breathe as it grows into a froglet.

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