Animal Life Cycles pre-assessment 05/19/25

When an animal goes through a lot of changes as it grows, it goes through:

• Metamorphosis

• Growing

• Coloring

When fish and amphibians lay a lot of eggs in the water, it is called:

• Plowing

• Cutting

• Spawning

A tadpole is one of the stages in the life cycle of a:

• Snake

• Frog

• Duck

Reptiles, like turtles, lay their eggs in the:

• Water

• Nest

• Ground

This type of animal is one of the only ones to give birth to a live baby rather than an egg.

• Mammal

• Fish

• Amphibian

Circle the animals that use an egg tooth to hatch from its shell:

• Piglet

• Turtle

• Reptile

• Birds

• Chick

Birds that have lost their down and are starting to get feathers are called:

• Hatchlings

• Roosters

• Fledglings

Young mammals are called:

• Juveniles

• Froglets

• Eggs

Birds stay around to keep the eggs warm and safe and also take care of the babies after they are born.

• True

• False

• I don't know

Turtles stay around to keep the eggs warm and safe and also take care of the babies after they are born.

• True

• False

• I don't know