Chicken Life Cycle
Describe the life cycle of a chicken.
Starts as an egg, then it hatches and there is a baby chick, and then the baby chick grows into an adult hen or rooster.
What hatches from a frog egg?
Tadpole
A caterpillar is also called the...
What is precipitation? Give 2 examples
Examples:
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
True or False:
We drink water that has been around for billions of years.
TRUE!
What does a baby chick to do break out of its shell when it hatches?
It uses an egg tooth.
Explain the life cycle of a frog
The pupa stage of a butterfly is also called the...
Chrysalis
When the sun heats up water on the ground and turns it into water vapor, this is called...
Evaporation
Who lays a chicken egg?
a) rooster
b) hen
c) duck
b) Hen
It takes this long for a baby chick to hatch
21 Days
At first tadpoles use ____ to breathe. Then, they develop _____.
At first tadpoles use gills to breathe. Then, they develop lungs.
Before a caterpillar transforms into a butterfly, it grows bigger and molts. What does this mean?
It sheds its skin.
What is condensation? Give an example of somewhere we might see condensation.
When water cools and changes from a gas to a liquid.
Examples:
-the "sweat" on the outside of a water bottle
-water droplets on a widow
-when the grass is wet in the morning
What do frogs do in the winter?
They hibernate. They make a burrow underground to keep them safe for the winter.
How does the mother hen help her chicks grow and stay healthy inside the eggs?
A mother hen sits on the eggs to keep them warm. She turns them so that they are warm on all sides.
Name TWO differences between a tadpole and an adult frog:
Any 2 of these 3:
-Tadpoles have tails, frogs have 4 legs
-Tadpoles breathe with gills, adult frogs breathe with lungs
-Tadpoles only live in the water. Frogs live on land and in the water.
A butterfly uses its proboscis to drink nectar from a flower.
Why does it rain?
It rains when a cloud is so full it cannot hold the water anymore.
Why do some butterflies migrate?
Some butterflies migrate to get out of the cold. They cannot survive well in cold weather so they go somewhere that is warm.
Name the 3 parts of a chick egg AND tell what part of the egg gives food to the baby chick inside the egg.
Yolk, albumen, embryo (baby)
The yolk provides food to the baby chick inside the egg.
What is it called when a frog (or any living thing) goes through a huge change in appearance?
Metamorphosis
Use the words
Larva
Pupa
Eggs
To describe the life cycle of a butterfly
A female butterfly lays eggs. Then, the eggs hatch and we have the larva which is the caterpillar. Then, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis which is the pupa. Finally, the chrysalis opens and a butterfly emerges.
How are clouds formed?
The water from the ground evaporates. Then, the sky fills with water vapor. The water vapor turns to liquid. All the tiny droplets of liquid in the sky come together to form a cloud.
What is the SAME about the life cycles of chickens, frogs, and butterflies?
They all start out as an egg.