Fascinating Life Cycles and Adaptations in Animals

1. Animals / Inherited Traits

3. Life Cycles Question 1 - 10 • What is the name of the process that some animals go through in which they drastically change forms as the grow and develop into adults?

4. Life Cycles Answer 1 – 10 • Metamorphosis

5. Life Cycles Question 1 - 20 • What is the first stage in the life cycle of a frog?

6. Life Cycles Answer 1 – 20 • Egg

7. Life Cycles Question 1 - 30 • What is the second stage in the life cycle of a butterfly?

8. Life Cycles Answer 1 – 30 • Larva / Caterpillar

9. Life Cycles Question 1 - 40 • What body part slowly disappears as a frog grows from tadpole to adult?

10. Life Cycles Answer 1 – 40 • Tail

11. Life Cycles Question 1 - 50 • What body part do frogs develop as they grow that allows them to leave water?

12. Life Cycles Answer 1 – 50 • Lungs

13. Food Chains Question 2 - 10 • What is another name for food?

14. Food Chains Answer 2 – 10 • Energy

15. Food Chains Question 2 - 20 • Plants are ___________ that make their own food by using the sun’s energy

16. Food Chains Answer 2 – 20 • Producers

17. Food Chains Question 2 - 30 • What are consumers that eat producers called?

18. Food Chains Answer 2 – 30 • Herbivores

19. Food Chains Question 2 - 40 • What do carnivores eat to gain energy?

20. Food Chains Answer 2 – 40 • Herbivores

21. Food Chains Question 2 - 50 • What effect do decomposers have on soil?

22. Food Chains Answer 2 – 50 • They make it fertile

23. Physical Adaptation Question 3 - 10 • What does camouflage protect animals from?

24. Physical Adaptation Answer 3 – 10 • Predators

25. Physical Adaptation Question 3 - 20 • What type of food is this bird’s beak best adapted to eating?

26. Physical Adaptation Answer 3 – 20 • Fish

27. Physical Adaptation Question 3 - 30 • What type of food is this bird’s beak best adapted to eating?

28. Physical Adaptation Answer 3 – 30 • Meat

29. Physical Adaptation Question 3 - 40 • What do these feet help this duck do?

30. Physical Adaptation Answer 3 – 40 • Swim

31. Physical Adaptation Question 3 - 50 • What do these feet help this eagle do?

32. Physical Adaptation Answer 3 – 50 • Capture prey

33. Instinctive and Learned Traits Question 4 - 10 • What type of behaviors do animals automatically know how to do?

34. Instinctive and Learned Traits Answer 4 – 10 • Instinctive

35. Instinctive and Learned Traits Question 4 - 20 • What type of trait is a dog fetching a frisbee an example of?

36. Instinctive and Learned Traits Answer 4 – 20 • A learned trait / behavior

37. Instinctive and Learned Traits Question 4 - 30 • What is another name for a learned trait?

38. Instinctive and Learned Traits Answer 4 – 30 An acquired trait

39. Instinctive and Learned Traits Question 4 - 40 • What is a turtle burying its eggs an example of?

40. Instinctive and Learned Traits Answer 4 – 40 • An instinctive trait

41. Instinctive and Learned Traits Question 4 - 50 • What type of trait is an ox pulling a plow an example of?

42. Instinctive and Learned Traits Answer 4 – 50 • Learned or acquired

43. Mystery Question 5 - 10 • What is the passing of traits through genes from parents to offspring called?

44. Mystery Answer 5 – 10 • Heredity

45. Mystery Question 5 - 20 • What do animals need a constant supply of in order to survive?

46. Mystery Answer 5 – 20 • FOOD!

47. Mystery Question 5 - 30 • What do you call an consumer that eats both plants and animals?

48. Mystery Answer 5 – 30 • An omnivore

49. Mystery Question 5 - 40 • What is the most important reason why birds migrate?

50. Mystery Answer 5 – 40 • To find food