Vocabulary
A ____________ is a safe place to live.
Shelter
The changes that happen to an animal during its life make up its ________.
Life Cycle
A ________ is what's left from a plant or an animal that lived long ago.
Fossil
What kind of animal has feathers and wings to cover its skin?
Bird
Animals need to meet their basic needs in order to ____________.
Survive
Name an animal that does not look like its parents when it is young.
Frog, butterfly
What is the first step in how a fossil forms?
A living thing dies and is buried in mud, clay, or sand.
This animal has dry skin covered with scales.
Reptile
Animals that live in the water use ______ to take in oxygen.
Gills
What is the 1st and 2nd stage in a butterfly's life cycle?
Egg then Larva
What is the second step in how a fossil forms?
The soft body parts rotted away and the hard parts turned to rock.
What kind of animal has a hard outer body covering, but no bones?
Insect
When animals are no longer living, they are _______.
Extinct
What is the 3rd stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
Pupa (metamorphosis)
What is the last step in how a fossil forms?
Erosion removed the rock around the fossil.
This animal has hair or fur that covers its skin.
Mammal
The changes an animal goes through is called ________.
Metamorphosis
What is the last stage of a butterfly's life cycle?
Adult
What helps scientists learn about living things from long ago?
Fossils
This animal lives in water and on land.
Amphibian