Frog Life Cycle Vocabulary

a process where the shape of an animal changes as it grows is called

• habitat

• metamorphosis

• gills

• frog

an organ used to breathe under water is called

• tadpole

• habitat

• gills

• metamorphosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

where an animal lives is called

• gills

• habitat

• metamorphosis

• adult

animal that begins life in water, breathing from gills, but then grows lungs and lives on land

• amphibians

• gills

• frog

• tadpole

an amphibian with bumpy skin, no webbed feet, and no teeth

• frog

• toad

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

an amphibian with smooth, wet skin, webbed feet, and teeth

• frog

• toad

the first stage of a life cycle

• egg

• froglet

• tadpole

• adult

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

this hatches from an egg, has gills and a tail

• adult frog

• tadpole

• egg

• froglet

a fully grown animal or person

• adult

• child

• teen

• froglet

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

the stage after a tadpole in a frog life cycle

• tadplole

• adult

• egg

• froglet

Tags

NGSS.3-LS1-1