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What is the first stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
The first stage of a butterfly's life cycle is the egg stage.
What is the protective covering that a caterpillar forms around itself during the pupa stage?
Chrysalis
How many stages are in complete metamorphosis?
Four life cycle stages
How many stages are in incomplete metamorphosis?
Three stages
What is the process called when a caterpillar sheds its skin to allow for growth?
Molting.
List the four stages of a butterfly's life cycle?
Egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult butterfly.
What does metamorphosis mean?
Series of changes.
What are the stages in incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg, nymph, and adult.
What is a nymph?
It's a young version of the adult, btu it doesn't have wings.
What are some ways that animals come to life?
Animals can either hatch from eggs or be born live.
What is the name of the stage when a butterfly lays its eggs?
Adult
What is the second stage of complete metamorphosis and what happens?
Larva, it's worm-like and will begin eating the leaves to prepare for its chrysalis.
What is the second stage of incomplete metamorphosis and what happens?
Nymph, it looks like and adult, but smaller and without wings.
What is the third stage of complete metamorphosis and what happens?
Pupa, it will form a chrysalis and begin changing into a butterfly.
What is the third stage of incomplete metamorphosis and what happens?
Adult, it can reproduce.
During which stage does the caterpillar eat and grow the most?
Larva or caterpillar stage.
Can you name the final stage of a butterfly's life cycle when it emerges with colorful wings?
Adult butterfly.
What are two things that are the same between complete and incomplete metamorphosis?
They both experience a series of changes and hatch from eggs.
What is the same between mammals and metamorphosis?
Animals grow to an adult and reproduce.
What are the stages that all living things experience?
Come to life, grow, reproduce, then death.