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Life cycle

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first stage of a frog's life cycle?

a)
eggs
b)
A tadpole
c)
A froglet
d)
Adult frog
2.
Where do amphibians live?
a)
Mountains
b)
On Land
c)
In Water
d)
Both water and land
3.
When does a frog become an adult?
a)
When it's tail disappears.
b)
When it has legs.
c)
When it hatches as a tadpole.
4.
How is a tadpole similar to a fish?
a)
They both have gills
b)
They both have lungs
c)
They are not similar
d)
None of the above
5.
What protects the eggs once they are laid?
a)
The female frog
b)
The male frog
c)
Nothing
d)
A jelly-like substance
6.

The second stage of a frog is when the tadpole gets legs. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

7.

A froglet has gills.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
The ____ help tadpoles breath under water.
a)
lungs
b)
tongue
c)
gills
9.
How is a tadpole like a fish?
a)
They both have scales
b)
They both have gills
c)
They both have fins
d)
They both have four eyes
10.

A froglet has gills.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The second stage of a frogs life cycle is_________.

a)

eggs

b)

tadpole with no legs

c)

tadpole with legs

d)

froglet

12.

The third stage of a frogs life cycle is_________.

a)

tadpole with no legs

b)

tadpole with legs

c)

froglet

d)

frog

13.

The third stage of a frogs life cycle is_________.

a)

tadpole with no legs

b)

tadpole with legs

c)

froglet

d)

frog

14.

The fourth stage of a frogs life cycle is_________.

a)

tadpole with legs

b)

froglet

c)

tadpole without legs

d)

frog

15.

The last stage of a frogs life cycle is_________.

a)

frog

b)

froglet

c)

tadpole without legs

d)

tadpole with legs

16.

A frog is called an amphibian. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How is a tadpole like a fish?

a)

They both have scales

b)

They both have gills

c)

They both have fins

d)

They both have four eyes

18.
List the stages of a frog's life cycle in order.
a)
Mother, Froglet, Tadpole, Frog, Egg
b)
Frog, Froglet, Tadpole, Adult
c)
Egg, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog
d)
Tadpole, Egg, Frog, Froglet
19.
When the frog is in the stage that looks like a fish, what is it called?
a)
egg
b)
larva
c)
tadpole
d)
larva
20.
What is a life cycle?
a)
The stages a living thing goes through during its life.
b)
Life
c)
The stages a non-living thing goes through during its life
d)
Changes
21.
What is the first stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
larva
d)
butterfly
22.
What is the second stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
larva
d)
butterfly
23.
What is the third stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
larva
d)
butterfly
24.
What is the fourth stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
larva
d)
butterfly
25.
What type of life cycle does a spider have?
a)
complete
b)
incomplete
26.
What type of life cycle does the butterfly have?
a)
Complete 
b)
Incomplete
27.
How many stages does a complete life cycle have?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
1
d)
2
28.
How many stages does an incomplete life cycle have?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
1
d)
4
29.
What is an incomplete life cycle mean?
a)
does not have metamorphoses 
b)
does have metamorphose 
30.
What is a complete life cycle mean?
a)
does not have metamorphoses 
b)
does have metamorphose 
31.
The correct order of the four stages of complete metamorphosis is:
a)
egg, larva, pupa, adult
b)
pupa, egg, larva, adult
c)
egg, pupa, larva, adult
d)
larva, adult, pupa, egg
32.
What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
adult
d)
larva
33.
How many stages are there in the butterfly life cycle?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
3
d)
5
34.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is this?

a)

Egg

b)

Tadpole

c)

Dot

d)

Seed

35.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is this?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Worm

c)

Larvae

d)

Tadpole

36.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is this?

a)

Egg

b)

Pupa

c)

Seedling

d)

Rock Form

37.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is this?

a)

Insect

b)

Fly

c)

Hatchling

d)

Adult

38.

Caterpillars eat mostly _.

a)

Leaves

b)

Flowers

c)

Insects

d)

Other Caterpillars

39.

The first stage of a butterfly's life cycle is the _.

a)

Egg

b)

Larvae

c)

Pupa

d)

Adult

40.
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
41.

What do mammals have?

a)

hair or fur

b)

scales

c)

feathers

42.

What do mammals need to breathe?

a)

gills

b)

lungs

c)

gills turn into lungs

43.

Mammals are.....

a)

warm blooded

b)

cold blooded

c)

without blood

44.

Mammals take care of their young by...

a)

sitting on the egg to warm them

b)

nursing them with milk

c)

leaving them alone once they are born

45.

Mammals start

a)

as seeds

b)

as eggs

c)

with a live birth

46.

A life cycle is like a circle because...

a)

it repeats over and over and doesn't end

b)

it is shaped like an egg

c)

it is easy to draw

d)

it has a specific ending point

47.

True or false: Mammal babies look like the parent.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

I don't know.

48.

What is the first stage of a mammal life cycle?

a)

egg

b)

live birth

c)

seed

49.

What is the last stage of the life cycle?

a)

birth

b)

growing

c)

death

50.

What are the stages of the mammal life cycle?

a)

eggs, hatchling, juvenile, adult

b)

eggs, tadpole, young frog, adult

c)

live baby, young, adult

d)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

51.

How many stages are there in the life cycle of a sea turtle?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

52.

What is called a baby turtle that has just come out of its egg?

a)

a hatchling.

b)

a fry.

c)

a juvenile.

53.

What is a fish that has just come out of its egg?

a)

a juvenile

b)

a larva

c)

a fry

54.

What does the larva of a fish eat from?

a)

an egg

b)

the reef

c)

a yolk sac

55.

Where do adult turtles lay their eggs?

a)

In water.

b)

In shallow nests in the sand.

c)

Near trees.

56.

What is the stage called before both fish and reptiles turn into adults.

a)

hatchling

b)

eggs

c)

juvenile

d)

larva

57.

Both fish and reptiles are oviparous. What does that mean?

a)

They both lay eggs.

b)

They give birth to live babies.

c)

They eat meat.

58.

Fish are ...

a)

vertebrates.

b)

invertebrates.

59.

Most fish are...

a)

carnivorous.

b)

herbivorous.

c)

omnivorous.

60.

What do sea turtles do once they have laid their eggs?

a)

They stay with their eggs until they hatch.

b)

They return to their feeding ground.

c)

They lay on their eggs until they hatch.

61.
What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
adult
d)
larva
62.
The process in which some organisms change form during different stages of life is called_.
a)
germinate
b)
life span
c)
direct development
d)
metamorphosis
63.

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

a)

True

b)

False

64.
What is the second stage of a frog called?
a)
froglet
b)
egg
c)
frog
d)
tadpole
65.

This picture shows which stage of the butterfly?

a)

pupa

b)

egg

c)

larva

d)

adult

66.
The picture shows which stage of a butterfly?
a)
larva
b)
adult
c)
pupa
d)
egg
67.

Which life cycle is this?

a)

bird

b)

horse

c)

lizard

d)

frog

68.

Horse, whale, and a dog are examples of which kind of animal?

a)

bird

b)

fish

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

69.

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

a)

Egg

b)

Pupa

c)

Adult Butterfly

d)

Larva

70.

The parts of an animal's life from birth to death is called a____?

a)

Life cycle

b)

Seed Coat

c)

Food Chain

d)

Heart Rate