Animal Life Cycles

Question 1

something that changes into a frog as it grows

Answer 1

tadpole

Question 2

animals change in different ways, but all change as part of their

Answer 2

life cycle

Question 3

after an animal is born, it grows, changes, _______________ and dies

Answer 3

reproduces

Question 4

during this process of an animal’s life cycle, some animals change form

Answer 4

metamorphosis

Question 5

Metamorphosis happens in the life cycles of amphibians and some _________________.

Answer 5

insects

Question 6

the life cycle of amphibians and insects begin with an ____________

Answer 6

egg

Question 7

a young amphibian that ________________ from an egg does not look like an adult

Answer 7

hatches

Question 8

another name for an insect that has just hatched

Answer 8

larva

Question 9

fish lay their eggs in

Answer 9

water

Question 10

when reptiles and fish are young they look like ____________, similar to their parents

Answer 10

adults

Question 11

unlike most reptiles and fish, _____________ protect their eggs and raise their young.

Answer 11

birds

Question 12

mammals do not hatch from eggs, but are

Answer 12

born alive

Question 13

like birds, young mammals __________ like adults

Answer 13

look

Question 14

mammals look after their young until the young can _____________ on their own

Answer 14

survive