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Life Cycles - Animals

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The life cycles of animals are the stages from birth to death. All living things grow and change, including you! The journey from birth, through growth and change, to death, is called the life cycle. For insects, it starts with an egg. Then a larva emerges. This becomes a pupa and finally an adult. Humans are born as babies. We then grow into children and adolescents before we become adults.

1 .

Which of these is the correct order of an insect's life cycle?

Egg → Larva → Pupa → Adult

Larva → Pupa → Egg → Adult

Egg → Pupa → Larva → Adult

Adult → Egg → Pupa → Larva

When the adult reproduces and lays eggs, the whole cycle begins again

2 .

Gestation is another name for pregnancy. Which of these animals has the longest gestation period?

Dog

Rat

Elephant

Human

Elephant gestation takes 616 days - that's over one year and eight months!

3 .

A butterfly larva is called a caterpillar. In its next stage, what happens to the caterpillar?

It dies

It changes into a chrysalis

It reproduces

It changes into a butterfly

Chrysalis is another name for an insect pupa - it is also called a cocoon

4 .

Which of the following is not a stage in an animal's life cycle?

Birth

Reproduction

Feeding

Death

An animal life cycle includes birth, growth, reproduction and death

5 .

Cats give birth to kittens. The young of which of the following animals are also known as kittens?

Horses

Trout

Rabbits

Lions

The young of beavers, mice, rats and squirrels are all called kittens too

6 .

Different animals have different life spans. Approximately how long is the average human life span?

Between 10 and 20 years

Between 30 and 40 years

Between 50 and 60 years

70 years or more

Although people in many countries around the world have a life expectancy that is less than 70 years, the average healthy person can expect to live to at least that age

7 .

Which adult animal looks very different when it is young?

Lion

Frog

Turtle

Elephant

Tadpoles change quite a bit as they grow into adult frogs

8 .

Which of the following species gives birth to live young?

Robins

Crocodiles

Mosquitoes

Mice

Nearly all mammals give birth to live young, the only exceptions being the platypus and some spiny anteaters, known as echidna, all of which are unique to Australia

9 .

Why is reproduction a necessary part of the life cycle?

If it did not reproduce, a species would become extinct

Without reproduction, there would be too many of each species

If it did not reproduce, there would not be any young animals to look after the older animals

Without reproduction, animals would not continue to grow and develop

As all animals eventually die, young animals have to be produced to take their place

10 .

In the human life cycle, which stage comes after childhood and before adulthood?

Toddler

Maturity

Infancy

Adolescence

Another word for adolescence is teenage

Author: Sheri Smith

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