Life Cycles Test

An _______________ is another name for the children of living things.

• offspring

• ancestor

• habitat

• predator

When a living thing is fully grown, it is an _______________.

• adult

• child

• infant

• toddler

The steps and changes that living things follow from the beginning of life is a _______________ _______________.

• life cycle

• food chain

• metamorphosis

• evolution

An _______________ is an object laid by a female containing new life before it’s born.

• egg

• stone

• leaf

• seed

Making or creating new life is also known as ____________________.

• reproducing

• destroying

• painting

• writing

The part of a plant that can flower and grow another plant is a _______________. (This is the first step in the life cycle of a plant.)

• seed

• leaf

• root

• stem

When a plant begins to show above the ground, we call it a _______________.

• sprout

• seed

• root

• leaf

A young plant grown from a seed is called a _______________.

• seedling

• sapling

• sprout

• bud

Directions: Choose the correct sequence of the life cycle stages of a butterfly.

• Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult

• Larva, Egg, Adult, Pupa

• Pupa, Adult, Egg, Larva

• Adult, Egg, Larva, Pupa

Which of the following correctly represents the life cycle of a plant with the 4 stages labeled and arrows showing the order of changes?

• Seed -> Plant -> Seedling -> Sprout

• Seed -> Sprout -> Seedling -> Plant

• Sprout-> Plant -> Seedling -> Seed

• Seed -> Sprout -> Plant -> Seedling