Animal life cycles
3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 10 questions · Common Core: NGSS.3-LS1-1 · England: KS2 Y5 Living things and their habitats, KS1 Y2 Animals, including humans
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Question 1
In the life cycle of a ladybird (ladybug), what comes straight after "pupa"?
- A. larva
- B. adult ladybird
- C. egg
Question 2
How are the life cycles of most mammals different from a frog's?
- A. Mammals start life as tadpoles.
- B. Mammals never grow.
- C. Mammals go through a pupa stage.
- D. Most mammal babies are born live and look like small adults.
Question 3
In the life cycle of a grasshopper, what comes straight after "egg"?
- A. adult grasshopper
- B. larger nymph
- C. nymph
Question 4
Which stage of a frog's life cycle breathes with gills?
- A. frogspawn
- B. adult frog
- C. none of them
- D. tadpole
Question 5
In the life cycle of a butterfly, what comes straight after "egg"?
- A. adult butterfly
- B. chrysalis (pupa)
- C. caterpillar (larva)
Question 6
What is metamorphosis?
- A. an animal laying eggs
- B. an animal eating plants
- C. a big change in body shape as an animal grows up
- D. an animal moving to a new habitat
Question 7
In the life cycle of a human, what comes straight after "child"?
- A. teenager
- B. baby
- C. older adult
- D. adult
Question 8
Which animal goes through complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa, adult)?
- A. chicken
- B. human
- C. butterfly
- D. dog
Question 9
In the life cycle of a frog, what comes straight after "froglet"?
- A. tadpole with legs
- B. tadpole
- C. adult frog
- D. frogspawn (eggs)
Question 10
What is metamorphosis?
- A. a big change in body shape as an animal grows up
- B. an animal moving to a new habitat
- C. an animal eating plants
- D. an animal laying eggs
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