Practice comparing the life cycles of butterflies, frogs, and flowering plants.
Read each problem carefully. Use complete sentences when you explain your thinking.
Comparing how living things grow and change
Science - Grade 2-3
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Put the butterfly life cycle stages in order: adult butterfly, egg, chrysalis, caterpillar.
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Put the frog life cycle stages in order: adult frog, tadpole, egg, froglet.
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Put the plant life cycle stages in order: seedling, adult plant with flower, seed, sprout.
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How is a butterfly life cycle similar to a frog life cycle?
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How is a plant life cycle different from a butterfly life cycle?
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Which life cycle includes a tadpole: butterfly, frog, or plant?
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Which life cycle includes a chrysalis: butterfly, frog, or plant?
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Look at these stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult. Which living thing has this life cycle?
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Look at these stages: seed, sprout, seedling, adult plant. Which living thing has this life cycle?
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A student says, "Frogs and butterflies both look exactly like their parents when they first hatch." Is the student correct? Explain.
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Name one thing that a seed and an egg have in common in life cycles.
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Complete the comparison: A caterpillar changes into a butterfly. A tadpole changes into a ___.
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Draw or describe one complete life cycle from this worksheet. Include at least four stages in the correct order.