Animal Life Cycles Dragons
20 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Some animals go through a series of distinct growth stages called ______________________.
- A.
Animal stages
- B.
Chemical changes
- C.
Metamorhphosis
- D.
Germination
- 2.A butterfly hatches from an egg as a larva. The larva feeds and grows until it forms a(n)_______________.
- A.
Larva
- B.
Pupa
- C.
Caterpillar
- D.
Egg
- 3.Inside the pupa, a larva's body changes completely into ____________a(n) butterfly
- A.
Pretty
- B.
Smaller
- C.
Adult
- D.
Baby
- 4.Grasshoppers emerge from their eggs as_______________________ , which are similar to the adult but lack wings and reproductive organs.
- A.
Metamorphosis
- B.
Larva
- C.
Pupa
- D.
Nymps
- 5.Fish and amphibians must release large amounts of sex cells because the chances____________ of in open water are low.
- A.
Metamorphosis
- B.
Fertilization
- C.
Living
- D.
Swimming
- 6.The joining of sperm and egg cells inside the female's body is called ____________.
- A.
Larva
- B.
External fertlization
- C.
Metamorphosis
- D.
Internal fertilization
- 7.Internal fertilization increases the chances that eggs will be fertilized and offspring will survive.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Animals that lay their eggs in open water include fish and birds.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.The egg's ______________provides food for a developing embryo.
- A.
Yolk
- B.
Shell
- C.
Color
- D.
Pupa
- 10.Reptiles and birds have eggs filled with a liquid and surrounded by a tough____________________ , so their eggs can be laid on land.
- A.
Gel like liquid
- B.
Shell
- C.
Larva
- D.
Skin
- 11.The embryos of most ___________________develop inside the mother.
- A.
Snakes
- B.
Mammals
- C.
Amphibians
- D.
Reptiles
- 12.Fish and amphibians release their sex cells into the surrounding water, where external fertilization takes place..
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Sperm and egg cells must stay protected and __________________for fertilization to occur.
- A.
Wet
- B.
Dry
- C.
Covered
- D.
In a shell
- 14.The immature stage that emerges from the egg during incomplete metamorphosis
- A.
Larva
- B.
Nymph
- C.
Pupa
- D.
Adult
- 15.A life cycle with three growth stages is called a complete metamorphosis
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.A life cycle with four very distinct growth stages is called _______________________metamorphosis.
- A.
Larva
- B.
Complete
- C.
Incomplete
- D.
Butterfly
- 17.After egg cells are fertilized, they develop into ________________.
- A.
Egg cells
- B.
Larva
- C.
Eggs
- D.
Embryos
- 18.Fish and frog embryos develop inside soft eggs. The eggs are somewhat protected by a(n)______________ around them.
- A.
Jelly-like layer
- B.
Shell
- C.
Larva
- D.
Cover
- 19.Sexual reproduction of animals begins when egg and ____________cells unite.
- A.
Mother
- B.
Animal
- C.
Sperm
- D.
Larva
- 20.Which stage is a caterpillar?
- A.
Larva
- B.
Nymph
- C.
Young grasshopper
- D.
Pupa
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