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Animal Life Cycle

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this diagram a model of?

a)

a recycle bin

b)

the water cycle

c)

a life cycle

d)

a bicycle

2.

What is a life cycle?

a)

a stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult.

b)

something the washing machine does

c)

how a living thing starts life, grows, lives, and dies

d)

the stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult.

3.

What does metamorphosis mean?

a)

a series of changes in which an organism’s body changes form

b)

a fully grown organism that can reproduce

c)

the stages in an organism's life from birth to death.

4.

Birds go through metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Frogs go through complete metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Fish go through metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What does MOLT mean?

a)

to lay an egg

b)

growth stage

c)

resting stage

d)

shed it's outer layer

8.

What is the first stage of the frog life cycle?

a)

eggs

b)

tadpole

c)

froglet

d)

adult

9.

What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?

a)

eggs

b)

adults

c)

sprouts

d)

caterpillar

10.

A caterpillar will eventually turn into what?

a)

butterfly

b)

beetle

c)

lizard

d)

frog

11.

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

a)

fish

b)

frog

c)

turtle

d)

insect

12.

How are frogs and butterflies alike?

a)

They both like flowers

b)

They both like to swim

c)

They both eat fish

d)

They both start out as an egg

13.

During the ________ stage insects build a protective covering

a)

adult

b)

nymph

c)

larva

d)

pupa

14.
What is the first stage of the life cycle?
a)
Butterfly
b)
Chrysalis
c)
Egg
d)
Caterpillar
15.

Which is the correct order of the butterfly life cycle?

a)
Egg, Chrysalis, Caterpillar, Butterfly
b)
Butterfly, Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis
c)
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly
d)
Egg, Caterpillar, Butterfly, Chrysalis
16.

Mammal and reptile young do not look like their parents when they are born.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

What is this picture?

a)

A tadpole

b)

eggs

c)

A frog

18.
What will the chick grow into?
a)
a chick
b)
a hen or a rooster
c)
a hatchling
d)
a cat
19.

Which animal life cycle is shown in this picture?

a)

cockroach

b)

butterfly

c)

mosquito

d)

beetle

20.

What is stage B known as?

a)

adult

b)

larva

c)

pupa

d)

egg

21.

What is stage c known as?

a)

adult

b)

larva

c)

pupa

d)

egg

22.

This picture shows the life cycle of a _____________.

a)

beetle

b)

cockroach

c)

mosquito

d)

grasshopper

23.

At which stage(s) does the animal shown spend its life cycle in water?

a)

A and B only

b)

B and C only

c)

A, B and C

d)

all the stages

24.

At which stage is the animal shown harmful to humans?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

25.

Which is NOT a stage of an animal life cycle?

a)

live baby

b)

pupa

c)

larva

d)

seedling