Science: Life Cycle of a Chicken Worksheet

Question 1

Put these stages of a chicken's life cycle in the correct order: adult chicken, chick, egg, hatchling.

Accepted Answer

The correct order is egg, hatchling, chick, and adult chicken.

Question 2

What is inside a chicken egg that can grow into a chick if it is fertilized and cared for?

Accepted Answer

An embryo is inside a fertilized chicken egg and can grow into a chick.

Question 3

A chick uses a small hard spot on its beak to crack the eggshell. What is this spot called?

Accepted Answer

The small hard spot is called an egg tooth. It helps the chick break out of the shell.

Question 4

Why does a chicken egg need warmth while the chick is developing inside?

Accepted Answer

A chicken egg needs warmth because the embryo needs the right temperature to grow and stay alive.

Question 5

Look at a life cycle diagram with arrows. What do the arrows show in the chicken life cycle?

Accepted Answer

The arrows show the order of the stages and how the chicken changes as it grows.

Question 6

What happens when a chick hatches?

Accepted Answer

When a chick hatches, it breaks out of the eggshell and begins living outside the egg.

Question 7

Name two things a chick needs after it hatches.

Accepted Answer

A chick needs food and water after it hatches. It also needs warmth and protection.

Question 8

How is a chick different from an adult chicken?

Accepted Answer

A chick is small and covered with soft down. An adult chicken is larger and has feathers.

Question 9

About how long does it take for a chicken egg to hatch if it is kept warm and healthy?

Accepted Answer

A chicken egg usually takes about 21 days to hatch.

Question 10

Fill in the blank: A baby chicken is called a ____.

Accepted Answer

A baby chicken is called a chick.

Question 11

Why is the life cycle of a chicken called a cycle?

Accepted Answer

It is called a cycle because adult chickens can lay eggs, and those eggs can grow into new chickens. The stages repeat.

Question 12

Circle the stage when the chicken first comes out of the egg: egg, hatchling, adult chicken.

Accepted Answer

The stage when the chicken first comes out of the egg is hatchling.

Question 13

A student says, "A chick becomes an egg next." Is the student correct? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The student is not correct. A chick grows into a young chicken and then an adult chicken. Adult hens can lay eggs.

Question 14

Which stage comes right before the chick hatches: adult chicken or egg? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The egg stage comes right before the chick hatches because the chick develops inside the egg.

Question 15

Draw or describe the life cycle of a chicken using at least four stages.

Accepted Answer

A complete life cycle description includes egg, hatchling, chick, and adult chicken in the correct order.

Science: Life Cycle of a Chicken