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Life Cycle: Plants and Animals

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?

a)

eggs

b)

sprouts

c)

adult

d)

caterpillar

2.

What is the first stage of the frog life cycle?

a)

eggs

b)

tadpole

c)

froglet

d)

adult

3.

What is this diagram a model of?

a)

a chicken's day

b)

the water cycle

c)

a life cycle

d)

a chicken's family

4.

A caterpillar will eventually turn into what?

a)

butterfly

b)

beetle

c)

lizard

d)

frog

5.

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

a)

fish

b)

frog

c)

turtle

d)

insect

6.

How are frogs and butterflies alike?

a)

They both like flowers

b)

They both eat fish

c)

They both start out as an egg

d)

They both like to swim

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

WHAT IS AN OFFSPRING?

a)

a body of water

b)

part of a mattress

c)

the child or young of a particular human, plant, or animal

10.

What does birth mean?

a)

the beginning or origin of a plant or animal

b)

when you eat cake and ice cream

c)

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

d)

the child or young of a particular human, plant, or animal

11.

Plants and Animals are living things.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

What do plants need to help them grow?

a)

sunlight

b)

soil

c)

water

d)

all of the above

13.

What is the first stage of a plant life cycle?

a)

egg

b)

seed

c)

flower

d)

fruit

14.

What happens in the FIRST stage of a plant life cycle?

a)

a seedling grows into a mature plant

b)

a seed germinates and sprouts roots

c)

flowers bloom on an adult plant

d)

flowers are pollinated and make fruit

15.

What does GERMINATE mean?

a)

to break through the outer coating and grow the first roots and stem

b)

to transport to different places

c)

to grow flowers and fruit

d)

to spread germs to make others sick

16.

What does DISPERSE mean?

a)

to save

b)

to spread out or transport

c)

to get sick

d)

to grow

17.

How are do seeds disperse?

a)

by wind

b)

by water

c)

by animals and humans

d)

all of the above

18.

What does POLLINATION mean?

a)

the movement of pollen from plant to plant

b)

the first growth of a seed to a seedling

c)

the building of a bee hive

d)

the making of honey

19.

Once a flower is pollinated, what happens next in a plant life cycle?

a)

plant leaves turn brown

b)

flowers start to grow

c)

flowers produce fruit

d)

seeds germinate

20.

What stage of the butterfly life cycle is when they have wings and can fly?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

pupa

d)

adult

21.

Frogs begin their life cycle on land.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

What animal goes through metamorphosis?

a)

chicken

b)

bear

c)

frog

d)

snake

23.

A dog starts its life cycle hatching from an egg.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE