Plant and Animal Life Cycles
2nd Grade•30 minutes•NGSS 1-LS1-1
Learning Objective
I can describe the stages in the life cycle of a plant or animal.
Key Concepts
A life cycle is a series of stages or changes that a living thing goes through during its lifetime.
The life cycle of a frog has four stages: egg, tadpole, froglet, and adult frog.
The life cycle of a butterfly also has four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is a life cycle?
2. Put these frog life cycle stages in the correct order: adult frog, egg, tadpole, froglet.
3. Which of these is the correct order of the butterfly life cycle?
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