Grade 2 · Science · Unit 2 of 12
Animal Life Cycles
Eggs, larvae, tadpoles and chicks
What your child practises
Life cycles of butterflies, frogs, chickens and mammals, and how some animals change a lot while others look like small adults.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B2.3, B2.4 · life cycles of insects, amphibians, birds and mammals, and how appearance and behaviour change
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A butterfly's first stage is a…
- adult
- egg
- chrysalis
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egg
Hint: A butterfly starts as an egg on a leaf.
Question 2
A caterpillar is the young stage of a…
- tadpole
- chick
- butterfly or moth
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butterfly or moth
Hint: Caterpillars grow, then change inside a chrysalis or cocoon.
Question 3
Which animal has a tail when it is young but not when it is an adult?
- 🐈a cat
- 🐕a dog
- 🐸a frog
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🐸 a frog
Hint: A tadpole has a tail. The adult frog does not.
Question 4
A bird looks very different from its egg. What do we call the baby bird?
- a tadpole
- a chick or hatchling
- a larva
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a chick or hatchling
Hint: Baby birds hatch from eggs and are often called chicks.
Question 5
Which animal changes its shape a lot as it grows up?
- a dog
- a rabbit
- a frog
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a frog
Hint: A frog begins as a tadpole in water and ends up a land-and-water animal.
Question 6
A puppy grows up to be a…
- 🐕dog
- 🐎horse
- 🐈cat
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🐕 dog
Hint: Mammals look like smaller versions of their parents.