Lesson 3: Life Cycles

The process in which some organisms change form during different stages of life is called_.

• germinate
• life span
• direct development
• metamorphosis

What is a life cycle?

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

• a developing animal before it is born or hatched.

• the stages in the life of a living thing.

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

select the order of the frog life cycle

• egg, froglet, tadpole, adult

• froglet, tadpole, egg, adult

• tadpole, egg, adult, froglet

• egg, tadpole, froglet, adult

What does metamorphosis mean?

• to change or transform

• a fully grown organism that can reproduce

• to shed an outer skeleton or skin

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

How many stages does a butterfly life cycle have?

• 3
• 4
• 1
• 2

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What is the first stage of the life cycle of a butterfly?

• pupa
• adult
• egg
• larva

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What is the second stage of the life cycle of a butterfly?

• caterpillar
• egg
• adult
• chrysalis

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What is another name for chrysalis?

• caterpillar
• larva
• pupa
• adult

What is another name for larva?

• egg
• pupa
• caterpillar
• adult

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How are frog and butterfly life cycles the same

• the both have pupas

• they both have froglet

• they both grow legs

• they both start with the egg stage