Animal Science Unit

When an insect hatches from an egg, it is called a ____________.

• larva

• pupa

• baby

• seed

Which animal does not go through metamorphosis?

• frog

• butterfly

• birds

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After ______________ hatches, it usually goes through a metamorphosis.

• a fish

• a reptile

• an insect

Which statement best describes metamorphosis?

• eggs hatch

• body forms change

• animals die

• animals feed young

An animal that goes through a metamorphosis changes _____________ as it grows.

• species

• shape

• pattern

• egg

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Different types of animals have different life cycles.  Animal life cycles can be predicted and compared because they follow a _______________

• shape

• road

• pattern

• trail

Which of these is not an inherited trait?  

• feather color

• height

• playing piano

• eye color

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Which of these is a learned trait?

• cat chasing a mouse

• monkey eating a banana

• dog learning to play catch

• bird flying

Learned and inherited traits help animals ___________.

• be friends

• survive

• stay wild

• die

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A nocturnal animal _______________.

• lives in the desert

• moves around constantly

• sleeps at night

• hunts for food at night