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Plant and Animal Life Cycles

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the first stage in a plant's life?
a)
germination
b)
seed
c)
young adult
d)
seedling
2.

In order to grow, plants need?

a)

water,sunlight and soil

b)

water,food and sun

c)

sun,a basket, soil

3.
What part of a plant is the arrow pointing to?
a)
leaf
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
4.
The _____ is the part of the plant where leaves grow.
a)
leaves
b)
stem
c)
roots
5.
What part of a plant is the arrow pointing to?
a)
leaf
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
6.
What part of a plant is the arrow pointing to?
a)
leaf
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
7.
The ______ holds the plant in place.
a)
stem
b)
seed
c)
roots
8.
What part of a plant is the arrow pointing to?
a)
leaf
b)
stem
c)
roots
d)
flower
9.
______ is the part that grows into a new plant.
a)
seed
b)
pollen
c)
leaf
10.
True or false, plants are living things?
a)
False
b)
True
11.

What are butterflies when they first hatch?

a)

Butterflies hatch as worms.

b)

Butterflies hatch as caterpillars.

c)

Butterflies hatch as fully grown butterflies.

12.
What happens after a caterpillar eats leaves and grows bigger?
a)
The caterpillar turns into an egg.
b)
The caterpillar spins a covering around itself.
c)
The caterpillar slowly changes
13.

How many stages are there in the butterfly life cycle?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

2

14.

What are the names of the stages in order?

a)

eggs, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly

b)

eggs, chrysalis, caterpillar, butterfly

c)

caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly, eggs

d)

butterfly, eggs, chrysalis, caterpillar

15.

What is this stage?

a)

Eggs

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Chrysalis

d)

Butterfly

16.

What is this stage?

a)

Eggs

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Chrysalis

d)

Butterfly

17.

What is this stage?

a)

Eggs

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Chrysalis

d)

Butterfly

18.

What is this stage?

a)

Eggs

b)

Caterpillar

c)

Chrysalis

d)

Butterfly

19.
A cocoon is also called what?
a)
Chrysalis
b)
Egg
c)
Adult
d)
Metamorphosis
20.
The ______ comes out of the egg.
a)
chrysalis
b)
adult butterfly
c)
egg
d)
larva/caterpillar
21.
The first stage of the butterfly life cycle is:
a)
Egg
b)
Caterpillar
c)
Pupa
d)
Adult
22.
The final stage of the butterfly life cycle is:
a)
Egg
b)
Pupa
c)
Adult
d)
Caterpillar
23.
Frogs spend their whole lives living _______________.
a)
in water
b)
on land
c)
in water and on land
24.
Tadpoles breathe using their ________.
a)
skin
b)
lungs and skin
c)
gills
d)
lungs
25.
Adult frogs breathe using their ____________.
a)
lungs
b)
gills
c)
lungs and skin
d)
skin
26.
What is the first stage of the frog life cycle?
a)
Larva
b)
Eggs
c)
Tadpole
d)
Butterfly
27.
What is this picture?
a)
A tadpole
b)
eggs
c)
A froglet
d)
A frog
28.
What is this picture? 
a)
A frog
b)
A tadpole
c)
Eggs
d)
A froglet
29.
Choose the correct sequence of the frog's life cycle
a)
froglet, tadpole, frog, and egg
b)
egg, frog, tadpole, and froglet
c)
egg, tadpole, froglet, and frog
d)
tadpole, froglet, frog, and egg
30.
What does a tadpole have that a frog does not? 
a)
legs
b)
eyes
c)
tail
d)
mouth 
31.
The first stage of a frog's life cycle is?
a)
Tadpole
b)
Egg
c)
Frog
d)
Froglet
32.

Which life cycle begins with a seed?

a)

chicken

b)

dog

c)

bean plant

d)

butterfly

33.

Which life cycle begins with an egg?

a)

dog

b)

cat

c)

pumpkin

d)

frog

34.
What is another name for the chrysalis?
a)
larva
b)
caterpillar
c)
nymph
d)
pupa
35.
Butterflies go through distinct changes in its life cycle.  This is known as 
a)
resembling their mothers
b)
hibernation
c)
metamorphosis
d)
migration
36.
All life cycles are the same.
a)
True
b)
False
37.

How are the life cycles of butterflies and frogs similar?

a)

They both look like their parents.

b)

They both eat leaves.

c)

They both begin as eggs.

38.

What is the second stage in the life cycle of a frog?

a)

Egg

b)

Adult Frog

c)

Tadpole

d)

Froglet

39.

In the life cycle of a butterfly, what is a caterpillar also called?

a)

Egg

b)

Pupa

c)

Adult Butterfly

d)

Larva

40.

A young plant is called a ________?

a)

Seed

b)

Seed coat

c)

Adult Plant

d)

Seedling

41.
Which baby looks like its parent?
a)
baby bird
b)
caterpillar
c)
butterfly
d)
tadpole
42.
What baby does not look like its parent?
a)
bunny
b)
bird
c)
caterpillar
d)
puppy
43.

What are life cycles?

a)

All the stages, or times, of the life of an animal or plant

b)

a fully grown person or animal

c)

a plant part from which some new plants grow

d)

a young frog that hatches from an egg and lives in water