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Animal Life Cycles

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this diagram a model of?

a)

a chicken's day

b)

the water cycle

c)

a chicken's life cycle

d)

a chicken's family

2.

What is it called when an animal changes drastically over the course of its life?

a)

life cycle

b)

metamorphosis

c)

growing up

d)

teenage

3.

These tadpoles are a stage in the life cycle of what animal?

a)

fish

b)

frog

c)

turtle

d)

insect

4.

What does a life cycle show?

a)

Shows an animal or plants life from birth to adult

b)

Shows what one can eat to get stronger

c)

Shows plant and animal needs

d)

Shows and describes food chains

5.

Which picture shows a frog as an egg?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

The picture shows what a tadpole looks like now. What would happen next in this frog's life cycle?

a)

It would become an egg.

b)

It would grow legs.

c)

It would be an adult frog.

7.

The picture below shows a butterfly as an egg. What would happen next in this butterfly's life cycle?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Butterfly

c)

Chrysalis

d)

Eggs

8.

Which of these animals must go through stages before they resemble their parents?

a)

Fox

b)

Butterfly

c)

Hippo

d)

Dog

9.

The second stage of an insect is a worm-like stage called ________.

a)

tadpole

b)

larva

c)

offspring

10.

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

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which animal’s life cycle begins with a live baby?

a)

bird

b)

mammal

c)

amphibians

d)

reptile

12.

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

13.

What is another name for chrysalis?

a)

caterpillar

b)

larva

c)

pupa

d)

adult

14.

Which animal goes through complete metamorphosis?

a)
b)
15.

A caterpillar needs what in order to change into a butterfly?

a)

eat a lot of food to prepare for the chrysalis stage

b)

molt its skin

c)

change its gills into lungs

d)

germinate from its seed

16.
List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order. 
a)
Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult
b)
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
c)
Adult, Egg, Larva, Pupa
d)
Adult, Egg, Pupa, Larva
17.
What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
adult
d)
larva
18.
What is the second stage of a frog called?
a)
froglet
b)
egg
c)
frog
d)
tadpole
19.

An alligator is a cold-blooded animal that is classified as a ________________.

a)

bird

b)

mammal

c)

reptile

d)

amphibian

20.

An animal that can live on land and in water but usually lays eggs in the water is called an _____________.

a)

amphibian

b)

bird

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

21.
Animals that have hair or fur and feed their young milk are called ____________.
a)
mammals
b)
birds
c)
amphibians
d)
reptiles
22.
A group of the same kind of animal that lives in the same area is called a _____________.
a)
pupa
b)
mammal
c)
population
d)
reptile
23.

What is NOT a characteristic of a Reptile?

a)

Have scales not hair or fur

b)

Cold-blooded

c)

Most lay eggs

d)

Warm-blooded

24.
What is a characteristic of a Mammal?
a)
Give birth to living young 
b)
Cold-blooded
c)
lay eggs
d)
Have scales not fur
25.

What type of animal is a Dog?

a)

Reptile

b)

Insect

c)

Mammal

d)

Amphibian

26.

Which animal is considered an Amphibian like a frog?

a)

Flamingo

b)

Salamander

c)

Cow

d)

Snake

27.

What type of animal is a Chameleon?

a)

Mammal

b)

Amphibian

c)

Reptile

d)

Bird

28.

An adult frog will lay eggs _______________.

a)

in sand

b)

in the water

c)

on fruit

d)

in nests

29.

Where do most butterflies lay their eggs?

a)

underground

b)

in ice

c)

on tree leaves

d)

in the water

30.

What is the correct order of stages of this deer?

a)

newborn, youth, adult

b)

baby, newborn, teen

c)

adult, newborn, baby

31.

What does molting mean?

a)

to loose hair

b)

to wrinkle up

c)

to shed its skin

d)

to grow up

32.

Most birds and reptiles reproduce by ______________

a)

Giving birth to live young

b)

Laying eggs

c)

Changing from a larva to a pupa

d)

Metamorphosis

33.

Which is NOT an example of a frog's life cycle?

a)

egg hatches

b)

loses its gills and grows lungs

c)

returns to the water to lay eggs

d)

has live babies

34.

Like all amphibians, frogs are _______.

a)

warm-blooded

b)

cold-blooded

35.

Plants and animals both have life cycles.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The word organism means?

a)

Living things

b)

Eggs

c)

Nymph

37.

Because an elephant lives longer than a mouse, the elephant is said to have a longer?

a)

Life cycle

b)

Life span

38.

Khloe wants to observe a ladybug go 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

39.

Amphibians are small vertebrates that need ___, or a moist environment, to survive. The species in this group include frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts. All can breathe and absorb ____ through their very thin skin.


What is the missing word?

a)

water

b)

nitrogen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

bread

40.

"Offspring" is another word for an organism's ___ .

a)

child

b)

brother

c)

sister

d)

grandparent

41.

What animal is a mammal, but also lays eggs to reproduce?

a)

platypus

b)

sea turtle

c)

crab

d)

goldfish

42.

Name the bird life stages in the picture:

a)

1 - egg, 2 - embryo, 3 - hatchling

b)

1 - embryo, 2 - egg, 3 - hatchling

c)

1 - hatchling, 2 - egg, 3 - embryo

43.

Why would a mouse be considered a mammal?

a)

They feed their offspring milk

b)

They have feathers

c)

They have a tail

d)

They have two ears

44.

Based on the life cycle picture above, how would you classify an alligator?

a)

reptile

b)

amphibian

c)

bird

d)

mammal

45.

Scott wants to observe a salamander go through its life cycle, but he can’t find one. He decides to watch something that has a similar life cycle instead. Which should she study?

a)

Frog

b)

Mouse

c)

Butterfly

d)

Fish

46.

Jaxon wants to observe a gorilla go through its life cycle, but he can’t find one. He decides to watch something that has a similar life cycle instead. Which should she study?

a)

frog

b)

chimpanzee

c)

butterfly

d)

sea turtle

47.

Why is a seed important to the plant life cycle?

a)

because it starts the life cycle

b)

because it is the part of the life cycle where the plant grows leaves

c)

because it is the part where the plant sprouts

48.

What does it mean to germinate?

a)

the sprouting of a seed

b)

producing a seed

c)

making a flower

49.

Only flowering plants produce ____ .

a)

seeds

b)

leaves

c)

roots

50.

Based on the life cycle picture, what type of animal is a sea turtle?

a)

reptile

b)

amphibian

c)

mammal

d)

fish