Life Cycle Exploration
A Grade 2 science worksheet exploring the life cycles of living things, focusing on butterflies.
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Life Cycle Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Look at the pictures to help you understand the life cycles.
The Butterfly Life Cycle
Use the diagram above to fill in the blanks about the butterfly life cycle.
1. A butterfly starts its life as an .
2. The egg hatches into a (also called a larva).
3. The caterpillar changes into a (also called a pupa).
4. Finally, a beautiful emerges.
1. Which stage of the butterfly life cycle is shown when it is eating leaves?
Egg
Caterpillar
Chrysalis
Butterfly
2. What is another name for a chrysalis?
Larva
Adult
Pupa
Egg
Read each statement and circle True or False.
1. All animals have the same life cycle.
True
False
2. A caterpillar is the adult stage of a butterfly.
True
False
1. Why is it important for animals to have a life cycle?