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Life Cycles Test Practice

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How are plants and animals the same? They all...

a)

grow inside their mother

b)

start out small and grow larger

c)

live the same amount of time

d)

look exactly like their parents

2.

What order of life stages do all living things go through?

a)

Growth, reproduction, birth, death

b)

Birth, death, growth, reproduction

c)

Reproduction, death, birth, growth

d)

Birth, growth, reproduction, death

3.

Many frogs live in a pond. What can frogs do that can result in more frogs in the pond from year to year? The frogs can–

a)

have baby frogs

b)

die after a few years

c)

grow to very large sizes

d)

eat only certain foods

4.

A flamingo’s life cycle would be most like the life cycle of a:

a)

bear

b)

chicken

c)

sea turtle

d)

butterfly

5.

Two seeds will have the exact same life cycle if both seeds are–

a)

the same size

b)

from the same plant

c)

the same color

d)

planted in the same soil

6.

What is a metamorphosis?

a)

When an animal’s body makes big changes before it becomes an adult

b)

All the changes a baby human makes before year one

c)

What happens after a seed is planted in the ground

d)

A way a flower uses color to bring pollinators to it

7.

What is true about a seed?

a)

it can be found inside a fruit.

b)

It sends roots into the air

c)

it gives the plant water

d)

none of the above

8.

Which of the following animals go through a complete metamorphosis?

a)

butterfly

b)

dog

c)

praying mantis

d)

apple tree

9.

What is the correct order for an incomplete metamorphosis?

a)

egg, pupa, larva, adult

b)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

c)

egg, larva, nymph, adult

d)

egg, nymph, adult

10.

What is the correct order for a complete metamorphosis?

a)

egg, pupa, larva, adult

b)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

c)

egg, larva, nymph, adult

d)

egg, nymph, adult

11.

What would most likely happen to flowering plants if there were fewer bees?

a)

Fewer seeds would be carried to new places

b)

Fewer fruits would be made and then less seeds would be produced.

c)

More nectar would be eaten by other insects.

d)

More fruits and seeds would be made.

12.

All living things have a life cycle.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Birds, bats, and bees help pollinate flowers which help the flowers make seeds or fruit.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

Most mammals lay eggs.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

After a frog hatches, it looks just like an adult frog.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

A nymph is a stage in incomplete metamorphosis.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

What is the definition of life cycle?

a)

the particular way that a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies

b)

when one or more organisms bring new organisms of the same type into existence

c)

increase in size, abundance, or complexity

d)

a living thing

18.

Which of these is the correct definition of growth?

a)

a living thing

b)

survival; continued living

c)

increase in size, abundance, or complexity

d)

when one or more organisms bring new organisms of the same type into existence.

19.

What is the definition for organism?

a)

survival; continued living

b)

a living thing

c)

the particular way that a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies

d)

an increase in size, abundance, or complexity

20.

What is the definition of reproduction?

a)

a living thing

b)

the particular way that a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies

c)

increase in size, abundance, or complexity

d)

when one or more organisms bring new organisms of the same type into existence

21.

What is the definition of pollination?

a)

a living thing

b)

increase in size, abundance, or complexity

c)

when pollen is moved from one flower to another.

d)

the particular way that a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies