Grade 2 Life Cycles worksheet
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How to explain it
- A life cycle is the stages a living thing goes through, again and again.
- Butterfly: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly. Frog: eggs, tadpole, tadpole with legs, frog.
- Salmon: eggs in the river, alevin, fry, adult in the ocean, then back to the river.
Example: Put the frog's life cycle in order: frog, eggs, tadpole. Every frog starts as an egg in a pond. The egg hatches into a tadpole. The tadpole grows legs and becomes a frog. Answer: eggs → tadpole → frog
Question 1
Put the butterfly's life cycle in order.
- 🦋butterfly
- chrysalis
- 🥚egg
- 🐛caterpillar
egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly
Hint: It starts as a tiny egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches, makes a chrysalis, then comes out as a butterfly.
Question 2
Put the chicken's life cycle in order.
- 🥚egg
- young chicken with feathers
- 🐔adult hen
- 🐥chick
egg → chick → young chicken with feathers → adult hen
Hint: A chick hatches from an egg, grows feathers, and becomes a hen or rooster.
Question 3
A ladybug starts its life as…
🐞- 🥚a tiny egg
- 🌰a seed
- 🐞an adult ladybug
🥚 a tiny egg
Hint: Insects like ladybugs begin as eggs, then become larvae, pupae and adults.
Question 4
What do baby birds need from their parents?
- 🪺food and a safe nest
- 💻a computer
- 🚲a bicycle
🪺 food and a safe nest
Hint: Parents feed and protect their young until they can fly and find their own food.
Question 5
A baby deer is called a…
- 🦌fawn
- 🐻cub
- 🐄calf
🦌 fawn
Hint: A fawn is a young deer. It has spots on its coat to hide in the forest.
Question 6
A calf grows up to be a…
- 🐄cow
- 🐖pig
- 🐑sheep
🐄 cow
Hint: A calf is a baby cow.
Question 7
A baby that is born alive and drinks its mother's milk is…
- 🐶a puppy
- 🧪a tadpole
- 🐛a caterpillar
🐶 a puppy
Hint: Puppies are mammals. They are born alive and drink milk.
Question 8
A life cycle shows how a living thing…
- 🪨turns into a rock
- 🗿stays exactly the same
- 🔄grows, changes and makes new life
🔄 grows, changes and makes new life
Hint: A cycle goes round and round, from egg to adult and back to egg.
Question 9
Put the salmon's life cycle in order.
- alevin (baby with a yolk sac)
- fry (small fish)
- 🐟adult salmon
- 🟠eggs in the river
eggs in the river → alevin (baby with a yolk sac) → fry (small fish) → adult salmon
Hint: Salmon start as eggs in a river. An alevin hatches, grows into a fry, then becomes an adult salmon.
Question 10
What do all living things do?
- 🗿stay the same forever
- 🌱grow and change
- 🧸turn into toys
🌱 grow and change
Hint: Plants, animals and people all grow and change during their lives.
Answer key
- 1. egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly
- 2. egg → chick → young chicken with feathers → adult hen
- 3. 🥚 a tiny egg
- 4. 🪺 food and a safe nest
- 5. 🦌 fawn
- 6. 🐄 cow
- 7. 🐶 a puppy
- 8. 🔄 grows, changes and makes new life
- 9. eggs in the river → alevin (baby with a yolk sac) → fry (small fish) → adult salmon
- 10. 🌱 grow and change
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