Life Cycle Exploration
A Grade 1 science worksheet exploring the basic concepts of life cycles, focusing on the butterfly.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Look at the pictures to help you!
The Butterfly Life Cycle

All living things have a life cycle. A life cycle shows how a living thing grows and changes. Let's learn about the butterfly's life cycle!
Use the picture above to help you fill in the blanks:
1. A butterfly starts its life as an .
2. The egg hatches into a , also called a larva.
3. The caterpillar changes into a .
4. Finally, the chrysalis opens and a beautiful comes out!
Number the stages of the butterfly life cycle in the correct order (1, 2, 3, 4):
Chrysalis
Egg
Butterfly
Caterpillar
Read each statement and circle True or False.
1. All living things stay the same size their whole lives.
True
False
2. A caterpillar eats a lot of leaves to grow big.
True
False
1. What is one way a butterfly is different from a caterpillar?
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