LIFE CYCLE

A frog’s life cycle begins in the ​ water . Frogs ​ (a)   in the water.

​ (b)   hatch from the eggs and live in the water.

They breathe with their ​ (c)   and have ​ (d)   to swim.

As tadpoles grow older, they become ​ (e)   and get ready to live on land.

Soon, they become ​ adult frogs .

They move onto land where they live most of their lives.

• Tadpoles
• air
• nose
• lay eggs
• give birth
• Froglets
• gills
• tails
• froglets
• Adult frog

Drag the appropriate label for each stage of development of the butterfly.

a

b

c

d

MOTH

EGG

PUPA

COCOON

CATERPILLAR

ADULT BUTTERFLY

Match the stage of the frog's development with its description

a

b

c

d

tail disappears; eats insects

small frogs born alive by mother frog

born looking like the adult frog

hatches from eggs; able to breathe& eat

laid by the adult frog in the water

tails shorten and legs appear

legs shorten and fins grow

TRUE OR FALSE. The butterfly's life begins as a larva

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TRUE OR FALSE. The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The caterpillar turns itself into a chrysalis (pupa).

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TRUE OR FALSE. inside the chryalis (the hard shell), the caterpillar slowly changes to become a butterfly.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The life cycle starts again if the adult animal has its own offspring.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The frog's life cycle begins in land, where it is born as a tadpole.

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TRUE OR FALSE. The lungs of a tadpole help it breathe as it grows into a froglet.

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