1. Life Cycles

2. Objective: Plants and animals have life cycles that include the beginning of life, growth and development, reproduction and death. The details of a life cycle are different for different organisms.

3. Let’s see what you already know about life cycles…

4. Word Bank adult death tadpole eggs pupa larva egg nymph hatching
1. Most animals come from ______________.
2. When an animal breaks out of an egg, that is called ________________.
3. What are the three stages of growth of a grasshopper?
  A.___________________   B.___________________   C._______________ 
4. Name the stages of butterfly growth.
  A.___________________   B.___________________   
C.___________________    D.___________________  
5. The second stage in the life cycle of a frog is called a _______________.
6. The final stage in the life cycle of all animals is _________________.

5. Vocabulary life cycle metamorphosis stages of the life cycle pupa
larva
egg
adult
chrysalis
nymph
molting
maturity
tadpole

6. Essential Vocabulary
Life cycle – the stages a plant or animal goes through from egg to adult
Metamorphosis – the process of change during the life cycle
Simple metamorphosis – the process of change during the life cycle where the young resembles the adult

7. Complete metamorphosis – the young does not look like the adult
Life cycle stages
Birth
Growth/change
Maturity
Death

8. 3 Phase Insect Life Cycle

9. Simple Metamorphosis Insects
Cockroaches
Grasshoppers
Dragonflies

10. 4 Phase Insect Life Cycle

11. Complete Metamorphosis Insects
Beetles
Butterflies/moths
Flies
Ants, wasps, bees
fleas

12. Identify the following life cycles as
- simple (3 phases)
- complete (4 phases)

13. Life Cycle of a Butterfly

14. Dragonfly Life Cycle

15. Mosquito Life Cycle

16. Grasshopper Life Cycle

17. Now, let’s try that test again and see what you have learned!

18. Word Bank adult death tadpole eggs pupa larva egg nymph hatching
1. Most animals come from ______________.
2. When an animal breaks out of an egg, that is called ________________.
3. What are the three stages of growth of a grasshopper?
  A.___________________   B.___________________   C._______________ 
4. Name the stages of butterfly growth.
  A.___________________   B.___________________   
C.___________________    D.___________________  
5. The second stage in the life cycle of a frog is called a _______________.
6. The final stage in the life cycle of all animals is _________________.