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Life Cycles

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ____________ lives in the water and is an immature frog.

a)

pupa

b)

young frog

c)

tadpole

d)

larva

2.

What is the 2nd stage of a butterfly's life cycle?

a)

nymph

b)

pupa

c)

larva

d)

tadpole

3.

Most mammals have live birth.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Check all the animals that go through a life cycle.

a)

frog

b)

butterfly and lady bug

c)

green snake

d)

horse

e)

humming bird

5.

Which animal life cycle has a stage where the animal has gills?

a)

frog

b)

horse

c)

ladybug

d)

snake

e)

hummingbird

6.

Birds lay eggs. When the eggs hatch, they look like...

a)

fish

b)

adults

c)

small versions of their parents

d)

nothing like their parents

7.

Which animal does NOT start out life as an egg?

a)

Bird

b)

Kangaroo

c)

Fish

d)

Snake

8.

Reptiles, birds, and fish do NOT undergo metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Compare the butterfly life cycle to the grasshopper life cycle? How are they the same?

a)

Both animals fly

b)

Both animals start out as eggs

c)

Both animals hang from tree branches

d)

Both animals hop

10.

What does a caterpillar do a lot of after it hatches?

a)

Eating

b)

Flying

c)

Swimming

11.

An animal that has a backbone, feeds its young milk, and is usually covered with hair

a)

insect

b)

mammal

c)

amphibian

d)

reptile

12.

An animal that has six legs, three body parts, and hard outer coverings

a)

insect

b)

amphibian

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

13.

To migrate means:

a)

to stay inside for the winter

b)

to travel far distances

14.

What does transformation mean?

a)

grow older

b)

sleep

c)

remove

d)

change

15.

Insects, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians start their life cycles as __________.

a)

live young

b)

eggs

c)

mammals

d)

parents

16.
The picture shows which stage of a butterfly?
a)
larva
b)
adult
c)
pupa
d)
egg
17.

How are plants and animals different?

a)

Animals can make their own food, plants cannot

b)

Animals eat plants, plants eat animals

c)

Animals need sunlight, plants do not.

d)

Plants can make their own food, animals cannot

18.

Fish lay their eggs...

a)

in the water

b)

in a nest

c)

on the land

d)

fish do not lay eggs

19.

What do we call the young turtle which just hatched from the egg?

a)

juvenile

b)

hatchling

c)

fry

d)

tadpole

20.

When an animal is fully developed it is called an ________.

a)

adult

b)

egg

c)

juvenile

d)

adolescent

21.

Which animal does NOT have a larva stage?

a)

grasshopper

b)

ladybug

c)

butterfly

d)

clownfish

22.

A newly hatched rabbit is called a ________.

a)

fry

b)

foal

c)

kit

d)

egg