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WorksheetsLife cycles
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Look at the illustration, what is the bee doing?
Pollinating it
Eating it’s fruit
Germinating it
Scattering it’s seeds
How can you classify a rose bush?
As a plant that makes spore
As a plant that has a prickly stem
As a plant that has needles
As a plant that makes cones
How are flowering and coniferous plants alike?
They begin the life cycle with a seed that germinates.
They have roots that grownup and a stem that grows down.
They grow flowers.
They end the life cycle when seeds fall from cones.
Some plants make cones. Other plants make flowers. What is the purpose of flowers and cones?
They move water and food through a plant.
They hold the plant in the soil so that it does not blow over in heavy winds.
They make seeds so that the plant can reproduce.
They take in water and nutrients from the soil.
A seed starts to grow into a new plant . What is this process called?
Pollinating
Forming fruit
Making food
Germinating
What kind of tree grows cones to make seeds?
Flowering
Deciduous
Coniferous
Fibrous
What do these two structures have in common?
They are both found on plants that lose all of their leave in the fall.
The both produce spores.
They both grow seeds.
They both grow only on plants that have woody stems.
Ferns and mosses are two plants that make....
Seeds.
Flowers.
Spores.
Cones.
Which stage comes second in the life of a butterfly?
Adult
Egg
Pupa
Larva
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?
Frog
Mouse
Butterfly
Fish
At what stage in a butterfly’s life cycle is it a pupa?
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Which shows the correct order of the stages of a butterfly’s life cycle?
Egg, pupa, larva, adult
Larva, egg, pupa, adult
Egg, larva, pupa, adult
Pupa, egg, larva, adult
How must a frog’s body change before it can live on land?
A frog’s tail and gills must disappear.
A frog must grow legs so it can hop.
A frog must grow lungs so it can breathe air.
All of the above.
How do all animal life cycles begin?
As an egg
As a live birth
As very-well developed offspring
As not very-well developed offspring
This picture shows a young plant beginning to grow. What do we call a young plant?
Conifer
Fruit
Pollen
Seedling
How would you classify a magnolia tree and a fern?
A magnolia tree is a non flowering plant and a fern is a flowering plant.
A magnolia tree is a flowering plant and a fern is coniferous.
A magnolia tree is a flowering plant and a fern is a non flowering plant.
A magnolia tree is coniferous and a fern is a non flowering plant.
How is a mammal’s life cycle different from a frog or butterfly life cycle?
A mammal goes through the larva and pupa stages. A frog does not change.
A mammal develops a chrysalis during its pupa stage. A frog or butterfly does not.
A mammal changes form during its life cycle. A frog or butterfly does not change form during its life cycle.
A mammal develops from an egg inside its mother. A frog or butterfly develops from an egg outside its mother.
This picture shows one stage of an animals life cycle. What animal’s life cycle include the stage shown?
A frog
A bobcat
A butterfly
A bald eagle
What are the factors that affect how a plant grows? Check all that apply.
Temperature
Water
Air
Soil
Ferns reproduce by....
Spores being carried on the wind and planting themselves in soil.
Being pollinated by bees.
Growing cones and their seeds falling to the earth.
Coniferous trees (pine trees) reproduce by....
Spores being carried on the wind and planting themselves in soil
Being pollinated by bees
Growing cones and their seeds falling to the earth
