Copy of Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Caterpillars are similar to what other kind of animal?

• snails

• worm

• snakes

• ladybugs

The lifecycle of the butterfly has how many stages?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 2

First, a female butterfly lays her ____.

• eggs

• larva 

• pupa

• legs

Next, the egg hatches and the larva come out.  Another name for larva is __________.

• ants

• caterpillars

• worms

• butterfly

Cause / Effect: If a caterpillar continues to eat and eat, then what will happen to it?

• it will shrink in size

• it will get older

• it will grow larger in size

• there will be no change

Why does a larva shed its skin?

• it is trying to blend in with its environment

• it decides it just doesn't want it anymore

• its skin has become too tight

• it just sheds for no reason at all

The process of shedding old skin is called ____.

• morphing

• moulting

• molding

• mowing

After the caterpillar has grown in size and sheds its skin, it then will grow and change into a/an _____.

• pupa

• egg

• butterfly

• twig

A cocoon is also called a _____.

• sack

• chrysalis

• bucket

• crystal

During the pupa stage, what is happening inside the chrysalis/cocoon?

• nothing happens inside the cocoon

• the caterpillar begins to grow its wings

• the caterpillar moves around a lot inside the cocoon

• it lays eggs inside the cocoon