Life Cycles/Living Things Grow and Change

What is a life cycle? A life cycle is a series of changes an organism goes through ________.

• while it eats food

• in its habitat

• in its lifetime

• when it changes color

What does it mean to germinate? Germinate means ________.

• to start to grow

• to go to sleep

• to fall

• to shrink and get smaller

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What is a fossil? A fossil is the remains or traces of an organism that ________.

• is made of metal

• is still alive today

• was never alive

• lived long ago

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What is metamorphosis? Metamorphosis is a major change in the body form of an animal during its ________.

• life cycle

• feeding

• migration

• sleep

Which of the following is NOT a stage of incomplete metamorphosis?

• Egg

• Nymph

• Larva

• Adult

Which organisms go through incomplete metamorphosis?

• Butterfly, Ladybug, Ant

• Grasshopper, Praying Mantis, Cicada

• Honeybee, Ant, Ladybug

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a stage of complete metamorphosis?

• Egg

• Nymph

• Larva

• Pupa

• Adult

Which organisms go through complete metamorphosis?

• Grasshopper, Praying Mantis, Cicada

• Butterfly, Ladybug, Honeybee, Ant

• Cicada, Ant, Ladybug

• None of the above

Fill in the blank: Seeds come in many different ________ and sizes. Water, wind, and animals carry seeds to new ground.

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Trace fossils are impressions or other preserved signs of ancient organism’s activity, not its actual ________.

• remains

• color

• size

• age