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Life cycles

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Look at the illustration, what is the bee doing?

a)

Pollinating it

b)

Eating it’s fruit

c)

Germinating it

d)

Scattering it’s seeds

2.

How can you classify a rose bush?

a)

As a plant that makes spore

b)

As a plant that has a prickly stem

c)

As a plant that has needles

d)

As a plant that makes cones

3.

How are flowering and coniferous plants alike?

a)

They begin the life cycle with a seed that germinates.

b)

They have roots that grownup and a stem that grows down.

c)

They grow flowers.

d)

They end the life cycle when seeds fall from cones.

4.

Some plants make cones. Other plants make flowers. What is the purpose of flowers and cones?

a)

They move water and food through a plant.

b)

They hold the plant in the soil so that it does not blow over in heavy winds.

c)

They make seeds so that the plant can reproduce.

d)

They take in water and nutrients from the soil.

5.

A seed starts to grow into a new plant . What is this process called?

a)

Pollinating

b)

Forming fruit

c)

Making food

d)

Germinating

6.

What kind of tree grows cones to make seeds?

a)

Flowering

b)

Deciduous

c)

Coniferous

d)

Fibrous

7.

What do these two structures have in common?

a)

They are both found on plants that lose all of their leave in the fall.

b)

The both produce spores.

c)

They both grow seeds.

d)

They both grow only on plants that have woody stems.

8.

Ferns and mosses are two plants that make....

a)

Seeds.

b)

Flowers.

c)

Spores.

d)

Cones.

9.

Which stage comes second in the life of a butterfly?

a)

Adult

b)

Egg

c)

Pupa

d)

Larva

10.

Rylee wants to observe a ladybug got through its life cycle, but she can’t find one. She decides to watch something that has a similar life cycle instead. Which should she study?

a)

Frog

b)

Mouse

c)

Butterfly

d)

Fish

11.

At what stage in a butterfly’s life cycle is it a pupa?

a)

First

b)

Second

c)

Third

d)

Fourth

12.

Which shows the correct order of the stages of a butterfly’s life cycle?

a)

Egg, pupa, larva, adult

b)

Larva, egg, pupa, adult

c)

Egg, larva, pupa, adult

d)

Pupa, egg, larva, adult

13.

How must a frog’s body change before it can live on land?

a)

A frog’s tail and gills must disappear.

b)

A frog must grow legs so it can hop.

c)

A frog must grow lungs so it can breathe air.

d)

All of the above.

14.

How do all animal life cycles begin?

a)

As an egg

b)

As a live birth

c)

As very-well developed offspring

d)

As not very-well developed offspring

15.

This picture shows a young plant beginning to grow. What do we call a young plant?

a)

Conifer

b)

Fruit

c)

Pollen

d)

Seedling

16.

How would you classify a magnolia tree and a fern?

a)

A magnolia tree is a non flowering plant and a fern is a flowering plant.

b)

A magnolia tree is a flowering plant and a fern is coniferous.

c)

A magnolia tree is a flowering plant and a fern is a non flowering plant.

d)

A magnolia tree is coniferous and a fern is a non flowering plant.

17.

How is a mammal’s life cycle different from a frog or butterfly life cycle?

a)

A mammal goes through the larva and pupa stages. A frog does not change.

b)

A mammal develops a chrysalis during its pupa stage. A frog or butterfly does not.

c)

A mammal changes form during its life cycle. A frog or butterfly does not change form during its life cycle.

d)

A mammal develops from an egg inside its mother. A frog or butterfly develops from an egg outside its mother.

18.

This picture shows one stage of an animals life cycle. What animal’s life cycle include the stage shown?

a)

A frog

b)

A bobcat

c)

A butterfly

d)

A bald eagle

19.

What are the factors that affect how a plant grows? Check all that apply.

a)

Temperature

b)

Water

c)

Air

d)

Soil

20.

Ferns reproduce by....

a)

Spores being carried on the wind and planting themselves in soil.

b)

Being pollinated by bees.

c)

Growing cones and their seeds falling to the earth.

21.

Coniferous trees (pine trees) reproduce by....

a)

Spores being carried on the wind and planting themselves in soil

b)

Being pollinated by bees

c)

Growing cones and their seeds falling to the earth