Life Cycle Vocabulary
What is a Life Cycle?
The way a living thing grows and changes.
Do all animals live for the same amount of time?
No. Some live for a short time, ad others live for a long time.
True or False:
Frogs drink water with their mouths.
False.
Frogs drink water through their skin.
The process a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly is called ____________.
Metamorphosis
What are two characteristics that stay CONSTANT as we grow?
1. Eye Colour
2. Skin Colour
3. Number of eyes, arms, legs, etc.
4. Breathe air with lungs
What are the four stages in the life cycle of a frog?
Egg, tadpole, froglet or young frog, adult frog.
Name an animal that starts its life cycle as an egg
amphibians, birds, fish, insects and reptiles.
Tadpoles with legs are called _______.
Froglets
What are 3 characteristics that CHANGE as we grow?
1. Height
2. Teeth
3. Hair Length
4. Weight
What are the four life stages of a butterfly?
Egg, larva, chrysalis and butterfly.
Wood frogs produce ______, which keeps the water in their cells from freezing.
Sugar
What are warm-blooded animals that have lungs and hair called?
Mammals
How is the life cycle of animals and humans alike?
All animals and humans start as offspring, need energy to grow and change.
How does a chrysalis help a butterfly during the pupa stage?
Makes a safe place for the pupa to change into an adult.
What is the best way for Scientist to find new ways to protect animals and their homes?
Sharing information about animals with others.
What is an amphibian?
Amphibians are cold-blooded animals, meaning that their bodies cannot keep themselves warm.
They begin their lives underwater, breathing through gills. As adults, they become lung-breathing animals that can go on land!
Describe the human life cycle.
How does a family change from to year?
Babies become children, then teenagers, then adult. New babies may be born, and some family members may die.
How is the life cycle of a frog like that of a chicken? How is it different?
Both life cycles include eggs that hatch into young animals. Tadpoles go through a process called metamorphosis. Chicks grow larger but do not change as much to become an adult chicken.
What are the 5 food groups?
1. Dairy
2. Vegetables
3. Fruit
4. Meat and Proteins
5. Grains