Life Cycles, Traits and Variations

What is growth?

• The way something grows

• An increase in size, abundance, or complexity

• A single step in the process

A life cycle is...

• A single stage in the process

• An increase in size, abundance or complexity

• The particular way a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies

A STAGE in a life cycle is

• A single step in a process

• An increase in size, abundance, or complexity

• The particular way a living thing grows, reproduces, and dies

What is the order of the insect life cycle?

• Adult, larva, pupa, egg

• Larva, egg, adult, pupa

• Egg, adult, pupa, larva

• Egg, larva, pupa, adult

What is the life cycle of a frog?

• Frog, egg, tadpole, froglet

• Egg, tadpole, froglet, frog

• Tadpole, adult, froglet, egg

• Froglet, frog, egg, tadpole

Which animal has a stage that includes a tadpole?

• Chicken

• Grasshopper

• Frog

• Butterfly

What is the first stage of a tomato plant's life cycle?

• Sprout

• Adult

• Flower

• Seed

Only adult organisms are able to--

• produce energy

• change body structure

• grow larger

• produce offspring

Which animal will give birth to young that look like the adult?

• Rabbit

• Butterfly

• Chicken

• Frog

In the life cycle of a butterfly, which stage comes after the egg?

• Adult

• Tadpole

• Pupa

• Larvae