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Animal Life Cycle Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call the stages that a living thing goes through from the beginning of its life until the end?

a)

growing season

b)

life cycle

c)

childhood

d)

time line

2.

The second stage in an insect's life, like the butterfly, is called ________________.

a)

tadpole

b)

pupa

c)

seed

d)

larva

3.

Butterflies form a case called a _________ to protect the changing caterpillar.

a)

shell

b)

chrysalis

c)

seed coat

d)

spawn

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is the beginning stage in a butterfly's life cycle?

a)

egg

b)

pupa

c)

larva

d)

caterpillar

6.

Whch two animals go through metamorphosis during its life cycle?

a)

frog and bird

b)

butterfly and deer

c)

fish and frog

d)

frog and butterfly

7.

Which animal's life cycle begins with a live baby, not one hatched from an egg?

a)

eagle

b)

fish

c)

sheep

d)

turtle

8.

Choose the correct sequence in the life cycle of a frog.

a)

froglet, tadpole, frog, egg

b)

tadpole, frog, egg, froglet

c)

egg, tadpole, froglet, frog

d)

frog,egg, tadpole, froglet

9.

Where does an adult butterfly lay her eggs?

a)

on a rock

b)

in shallow water

c)

on a small twig

d)

On the underneath side of a leaf

10.

What is this stage of a butterfly's life cycle called?

a)

egg

b)

adult

c)

larva

d)

pupa

11.

What is this stage in the lifecycle of a frog called?

a)

tadpole

b)

froglet

c)

adult frog

d)

egg

12.

Frog eggs are better known as __________.

a)

spawn

b)

yolk

c)

larva

d)

pupa

13.

Which of the following lists the stages of a butterfly's life cycle in the correct order?

a)

egg, pupa, larva, adult

b)

adult, egg, larva, pupa

c)

larva, adult, pupa, egg

d)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

14.

During a life cycle, the process of changing form is better known as ___________________________.

a)

molting

b)

metamorphosis

c)

hatching

d)

growing

15.

During the ______ stage, insects build a protective covering.

a)

egg

b)

adult

c)

larva

d)

pupa

16.

What is this stage in the life cycle of a frog called?

a)

froglet

b)

tadpole

c)

egg

d)

adult frog

17.

Where does the female frog lay her eggs?

a)

in the ocean

b)

in calm shallow water

c)

in a mud puddle

d)

under a leaf

18.

The caterpillar stage of a butterfly cycle is better known as the __________ stage.

a)

egg

b)

adult

c)

larva

d)

pupa

19.

Choose ALL animals that hatch from eggs.

a)

frog

b)

butterfly

c)

snake

d)

fish

e)

duck

20.

An adult butterfly is an _________, and an adult frog is a __________.

a)

bird, reptile

b)

insect, amphibian

c)

insect, reptile

d)

insect, fish

21.

The chrysalis is formed during the ______ stage of a butterfly's life cycle.

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

pupa

d)

adult

22.

How is an adult frog different than a tadpole? Choose ALL correct answers.

a)

Tadpoles and frogs spend their lives in water.

b)

Frogs breath with lungs; tadpoles breathe with gills.

c)

Frogs eat fllies with their long sticky tongues.

d)

Frogs have front and back legs.