Life cycles
6 free practice questions with explanations
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Life cycles: example questions & answers
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What does a caterpillar turn into?
- AA bird
- BA butterfly✓
- CA bee
- DA spider
Answer: A caterpillar grows and changes until it becomes a beautiful butterfly.
What is the very first stage of a butterfly's life?
- AA caterpillar
- BA chrysalis
- CAn egg✓
- DA butterfly
Answer: A butterfly starts life as a tiny egg, usually laid on a leaf.
What is the hard case called where a caterpillar changes into a butterfly?
- AA web
- BA shell
- CA nest
- DA chrysalis✓
Answer: Inside a chrysalis, a caterpillar slowly changes into a butterfly.
What do baby frogs look like when they first hatch?
- ATadpoles with tails✓
- BSmall fish with fur
- CTiny frogs with legs
- DLittle birds
Answer: Frogs begin as tadpoles that swim with a tail before they grow legs.
What does a caterpillar do most of the time so it can grow?
- ASleep all day
- BFly around flowers
- CEat lots of leaves✓
- DSwim in ponds
Answer: A hungry caterpillar eats lots of leaves to grow bigger before it changes.
Put these butterfly stages in the right order: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and then what?
- AAnother egg straight away
- BA spider
- CA bee
- DButterfly✓
Answer: A butterfly's life goes egg, then caterpillar, then chrysalis, and finally a butterfly.