Animal Life Cycles Unit

Test
Name : _________________
Read each question on your test carefully. There are
multiple choice, fill in the blank, True/False and written
questions to show all your smarts!

1. Every living thing on earth has a life pattern it follows. This is called its
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2. An animal that has not been seen in the wild for over 50 years is called
A) Endangered
B) Extinct
C) Forgotten
D) Habitat

3. When humans do not litter and cut down less trees in the wild we are
helping with
A) Adaptations
B) Habitat preservation
C) Life cycles
D) Hunting

4. Animals need food, oxygen, a habitat, and water to survive in the wild.
What happens if one of these environmental conditions is disturbed?

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The Elephant Life Cycle
5. Circle the list that correctly identifies the elephant life cycle
Adolescent, Adult, Baby
Baby, Adolescent, Adult
Adult, Baby, Adolescent

6.

Tell me one fact about how elephants and humans are alike
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7. Does an elephant and a mosquito care for their young in the same way?

YES or NO
Describe how both the elephant and mosquito care for their young.
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Life Cycle of a Chicken

8. When a baby chick is trying to come out of its shell, what does it use to
help it get out?
a) Egg tooth
b) Feet
c) Its mother helps the chick out
d) Feathers

9. Answer the following questions by writing true or false.

A chicken has feathers to help keep it warm

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A chicken has a sharp beak and feet to help it catch its food
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Baby chicks grow inside the mothers tummy
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The Hen sits on the eggs

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The chicken life cycle starts as an egg.
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10. What animal kingdom does the chicken belong to?

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11. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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Life
Frog

Cycle of

12.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word for each part of the
frog life cycle
Stage 1- __________________
What do they look like? Draw a picture or write a sentence
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Stage 2- ___________________
Where do they live during this stage?
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Stage 3- ___________________
What organ does it use to breath now? ___________________________________
Stage 4- ___________________
What big change has occurred during this life cycle?
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13. What animal kingdom does the frog belong to?

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14. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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Life
Cycle of
a
Mosquito
Read each question. Choose the best answer.
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The long tube like mouth of a mosquito is called a

A) Antennae
B) Proboscis
C) Wriggler
D) Spiracles

16.

A group of eggs is called a

A) Wriggler
B) Egg raft
C) Pupa
D) Larva

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18. What animal kingdom does the mosquito belong to?

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19. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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Life Cycle of a Fish

21.

List 3 characteristics that make a fish a fish

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2. ______________________________________________________________________
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22. Match the following terms with their correct meaning.

Draw a line to the correct term.

Fry

When a salmon matures it adapts its skin

color to blend in with its surroundings.

Estuary

This is attached to the newly hatched salmon

to help them survive.

Food Sac

Newly hatched salmon

Camouflage

Where salmon undergo body changes that let

them live in salt water

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Alligator Life

Cycle
Label the
cycle with the correct terms.

Alligator life

24. What animal kingdom does the alligator belong to?

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25. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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26.

The

of a

Life Cycle
Butterfly and

Moth
Read each sentence. Print butterfly , moth or both beside each sentence.
Moth or Butterfly?
1. I have a slim, hairless body

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2. I rest with my wings folded up
3. I have wings covered with scales

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4. I fly mostly at night

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5. I have feathery antennae

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6. I shake before I fly

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27. What animal kingdom does the alligator belong to?

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28. Tell me one fact about animals in this kingdom

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