Life Cycles of Animals Quiz

Grade 2 · Science · Quiz

Test what you know about how animals are born, grow, and change.

Questions

1. What is the correct order of a butterfly's life cycle?

   1. Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
   2. Caterpillar, egg, butterfly, chrysalis
   3. Butterfly, egg, chrysalis, caterpillar
   4. Chrysalis, butterfly, egg, caterpillar
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   Answer: Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly

   A butterfly's life cycle goes: egg hatches into a caterpillar, the caterpillar forms a chrysalis, then the adult butterfly emerges.

2. What does a tadpole grow into?

   1. A fish
   2. A frog
   3. A turtle
   4. A salamander
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   Answer: A frog

   Tadpoles are baby frogs. Over time they grow legs, lose their tails, and become adult frogs.

3. What stage comes after the egg in a frog's life cycle?

   1. Adult frog
   2. Chrysalis
   3. Tadpole
   4. Pupa
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   Answer: Tadpole

   After a frog's egg hatches, the first stage is the tadpole, which lives in water.

4. Which of these animals hatches from an egg?

   1. Dog
   2. Cat
   3. Bird
   4. Horse
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   Answer: Bird

   Birds hatch from eggs. Dogs, cats, and horses are born live from their mothers.

5. A chrysalis is part of a frog's life cycle.

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   Answer: False

   A chrysalis is part of a butterfly's life cycle, not a frog's. Frogs go from egg to tadpole to adult frog.

6. What does a young animal need to become an adult?

   1. Time to grow and food to eat
   2. A chrysalis or cocoon
   3. To live only in water
   4. To change color
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   Answer: Time to grow and food to eat

   Young animals need time and food to grow into adults. Growth is a key part of every life cycle.

7. A puppy will grow into an adult dog.

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   Answer: True

   Puppies are baby dogs. They grow bigger over time and become adult dogs.

8. What is metamorphosis?

   1. When an animal sleeps for a long time
   2. A big change in an animal's body as it grows
   3. When an animal moves to a new home
   4. The food an animal eats
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   Answer: A big change in an animal's body as it grows

   Metamorphosis means a big change in body shape. Butterflies and frogs both go through metamorphosis.

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