Life Cycle
of a Butterfly
of a Butterfly
The place where female butterflies lay their eggs
What are the leaves of plants?
The main stem of a tree
What is a trunk?
The number of seasons in one year where we live
What is 4?
The number of days it takes for an egg to begin to hatch
What is 21 days?
These allows tadpoles to breathe under water
What are gills?
Another name for caterpillar
What is a larva?
The process by which a seed begins to grow into a plant
What is germination?
Sunlight rises and travels across Earth in this direction
What is east to west?
Chicks use this to chip around the inside of an eggshell to break it open
What is an egg tooth?
An animal that lives on both land and water
What is an amphibian?
The shedding of outer skin/outer layer
What is molt?
When trees have no leaves and live off energy in roots
What is winter?
Sequence of events that repeat over and over
What is a cycle?
Tiny holes in eggshells that allow oxygen to be replenished
What are pores?
To dig a hole or passage
What is burrow?
Female butterflies use these to taste various leaves
What are feet?
When pollen from one flower mixes with the pollen of another flower so that the plant can make seeds
What is pollination?
This controls the cycle of daytime and nighttime
What is the rotation of Earth on its axis
An unborn animal in its early stages of life
What is an embryo?
Hundreds of soft, jelly-like eggs
What is frogspawn?
A sign that a butterfly is ready to emerge
What is a transparent chrysalis (protective outer casing)?
The process by which plants make their own food, as well as oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
Earth in divided into these, and the United States is located here
What are hemispheres & the Northern Hemisphere
Female chicks less than one year old
What are pullets?
The process by which living things undergo a huge, dramatic change in shape/appearance
What is metamorphosis?