Life Cycle of a Butterfly Worksheet

Question 1

Name the four main stages in the life cycle of a butterfly in order.

Accepted Answer

The four stages in order are egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa or chrysalis, and adult butterfly.

Question 2

A butterfly lays tiny eggs on a leaf. What is the next stage after the egg hatches?

Accepted Answer

After the egg hatches, the next stage is the larva, which is also called a caterpillar.

Question 3

What does a caterpillar do most of the time after it hatches?

Accepted Answer

A caterpillar spends most of its time eating leaves so it can grow bigger.

Question 4

Circle the stage when the butterfly is inside a chrysalis: egg, larva, pupa, adult.

Accepted Answer

The stage when the butterfly is inside a chrysalis is the pupa stage.

Question 5

Explain what metamorphosis means in the life cycle of a butterfly.

Accepted Answer

Metamorphosis means a living thing changes its body form as it grows. A butterfly changes from an egg to a caterpillar, then to a chrysalis, and then to an adult butterfly.

Question 6

Look at a chrysalis hanging from a branch. What stage of the butterfly life cycle does it show?

Accepted Answer

A chrysalis hanging from a branch shows the pupa stage of the butterfly life cycle.

Question 7

Why does a caterpillar shed its skin several times as it grows?

Accepted Answer

A caterpillar sheds its skin because its old skin becomes too tight as its body grows larger.

Question 8

Put these stages in order by writing 1, 2, 3, and 4: adult butterfly, egg, chrysalis, caterpillar.

Accepted Answer

The correct order is 1 egg, 2 caterpillar, 3 chrysalis, and 4 adult butterfly.

Question 9

What happens during the adult butterfly stage?

Accepted Answer

During the adult butterfly stage, the butterfly can fly, drink nectar, and lay eggs to begin the life cycle again.

Question 10

How is a caterpillar different from an adult butterfly?

Accepted Answer

A caterpillar has a long soft body and crawls, while an adult butterfly has wings and can fly.

Question 11

Where do many butterflies lay their eggs, and why is that place helpful?

Accepted Answer

Many butterflies lay their eggs on leaves because the caterpillars can eat the leaves when they hatch.

Question 12

Choose the best word to complete the sentence: A caterpillar is also called a blank. Choices: larva, pupa, adult.

Accepted Answer

A caterpillar is also called a larva.

Question 13

Draw or describe what happens after the pupa stage.

Accepted Answer

After the pupa stage, an adult butterfly comes out of the chrysalis.

Question 14

Why is the butterfly life cycle called a cycle?

Accepted Answer

It is called a cycle because the stages repeat. Adult butterflies lay eggs, and the life cycle begins again.

Question 15

Read the clue: I have wings, I drink nectar, and I can lay eggs. Which life cycle stage am I?

Accepted Answer

This is the adult butterfly stage because adult butterflies have wings, drink nectar, and can lay eggs.

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

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