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Life Cycle & Metamorphosis

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animals do NOT undergo metamorphosis? Check all that apply.

a)

turtles

b)

butterflies

c)

horses

d)

ladybugs

2.

What is the name that scientists give to a baby animal that has a completely different form, or shape than it does as an adult?

a)

tadpole

b)

chrysalis

c)

larva

d)

egg

3.

Which animals start out in life as larva? Check all that apply.

a)

beetles

b)

salamanders

c)

butterflies

d)

frogs

4.

When animals completely change their form, scientists call this process _____________________?

a)

chrysalis

b)

metaphysical

c)

larva

d)

metamorphosis

5.

Butterflies emerge from a ______________ after they undergo metamorphosis.

a)

cacoon

b)

chrysalis

c)

egg

d)

tadpole

6.

What might a caterpillar eat as soon as it hatches from its egg? Check all that apply.

a)

the soft bark on a branch

b)

the leaf that it is on when it hatches

c)

the shell of the egg that it hatched from

d)

its chrysalis

7.

What happens to the caterpillar as it grows?

a)

it doesn't grow once it reaches its larva stage

b)

it molts

c)

it grows additional legs

d)

it grows additional antenae

8.

What happens when a caterpillar stops growing? Check all that apply.

a)

it lays eggs

b)

it creates a chrysalis

c)

it burrows in damp soil

d)

it molts one last time