Quiz about Animal Life Cycles

Question 1

What stage of life cycle is shown here?

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Infant

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Adult

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Egg

Question 2

A turtle has laid its fertilized eggs, which stage comes next?

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Hatchling

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Adolescent

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Adult

Question 3

What is the event where the biggest changes happen to change a young insect to an adult?

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Metamorphosis

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Development

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Growth

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Transformation

Question 4

Which of the following animals would you expect metamorphosis to occur in?

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Butterfly

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Alligator

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Chicken

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Dog

Question 5

Unlike other animals, insects change in a protective covering during their life cycle. What do we call this change if the insect's life cycle has four distinct stages?

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Complete Metamorphosis

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Complete makeover

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Incomplete Makeover

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Incomplete Metamorphosis

Question 6

A grasshopper is an insect that goes through three distinct stages during its life cycle. The life cycle of a grasshopper is an example of which one of the following?

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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Quick metamorphosis

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Slow metamorphosis

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Complete metamorphosis

Question 7

Your pet dog just had puppies. What stage of the life cycle are the puppies in?

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Infant

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Adolescent

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Egg

Question 8

Which part of the life cycle in the diagram shows a pupa in complete metamorphosis?

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3

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1

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2

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4

Question 9

Which part of the complete metamorphosis life cycle below shows a larva?

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2

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1

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3

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4

Question 10

Which stage in incomplete metamorphosis is shown in Stage 2?

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Nymph

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Adult

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Egg

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Pupa

Question 11

During complete metamorphosis, what best describes the transformation from a larva to a pupa?

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The larva might form a cocoon or a chrysalis.

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The larva goes through a big change in color.

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The larva might hatch into an adult.

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The larva sheds its skin several times.

Question 12

Ladybugs and butterflies both go through complete metamorphosis. What is common between the life cycles of a ladybug and a butterfly?

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Both insects transform during the pupa stage.

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Both insects have a live birth.

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Both insects develop as a nymph.

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When their eggs hatch, the small insects look the same as the adult.

Question 13

Grasshoppers and praying mantises both go through incomplete metamorphosis. What is common between the life cycles of a grasshopper and a praying mantis?

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Both insects will develop as a nymph.

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Both insects have a larva stage.

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As babies, neither insect looks like the adult.

Question 14

Crickets go through incomplete metamorphosis. A cricket will hatch from an egg and slowly develop in the nymph stage until it becomes an adult. Ladybugs go through complete metamorphosis. What will happen during the ladybug's development instead of the nymph stage?

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It will shed layers of skin as a larva until it develops a cocoon.

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It will slowly develop its features during the adult stage.

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It will grow wings and legs, and start producing more eggs.

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It will develop as a larva until it gets to be an adult ladybug.

Question 15

Which statement describes the changes that are happening to the butterfly during its larva stage?

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The larva is shedding layers of skin and preparing to create a chrysalis.

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The larva is ready to hatch from an eggshell.

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The larva is growing new limbs and wings, transforming into an adult.

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The larva is getting ready to lay more eggs.

Question 16

Which statement describes the changes that are happening to the butterfly during its pupa stage?

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The pupa is undergoing metamorphosis, transforming into an adult.

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The pupa is getting ready to lay more eggs.

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The pupa is ready to hatch from an eggshell.

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The pupa is shedding layers of skin and creating a cocoon.

Question 17

Tony wrote about the metamorphosis of an ant in his ant farm. Read the passage and find Tony's mistake. Then, choose the statement that has the CORRECT information.

Ants go through complete metamorphosis cycle. When an ant egg hatches, a baby ant, called a nymph, emerges. The nymph sheds its skin and creates a cocoon where it develops. When it is ready, the cocoon breaks, and an ant comes out.

What statement corrects the error in Tony's passage?

Accepted Answer

A newly hatched ant is called a larva, not a nymph.

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An ant goes through metamorphosis, but does not hatch from an egg.

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The pupa, not the nymph, sheds its skin and creates a cocoon.

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When the larva hatches, a baby ant, called a nymph, emerges.

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