Animal Life Cycle

What is a life cycle?

• a stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult.

• something the washing machine does

• how a living thing starts life, grows, lives, and dies

• the stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult.

How are frogs and butterflies alike?

• They both like flowers

• They both eat fish

• They both start out as an egg

• They both like to swim

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After a frog hatches from an egg it looks just like an adult frog.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Metamorphosis is...

• A total change or transformation.

• Giving birth.

• Hatching from an egg.

• Blending into one's environment

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• 2, 3, 4, 1

• 4, 2, 1, 3

• 1, 4, 3, 2

• 3, 1, 2, 4

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• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which BEST explains what the student found?

• The shell was left by a new species of cicada.

• A cicada’s outer skin is not necessary for its survival.

• One stage of a cicada’s life cycle is shedding its skin.

• Cicadas first appeared on Earth during the time of the dinosaurs.

The stages of growth for all organisms

• Life Cycle

• Pupa

• Metamorphosis

• Nymph

During which stage of an insect’s life cycle does the female lay eggs?

• nymph

• larva

• pupa

• adult