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Grade 2 Life Cycles Worksheet with Answers

Grade 2 (US) · Year 3 (UK) · Class 2 (India) · Science

Unit 4: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 3 PreviewNGSS 3-LS1-1Advanced

Life cycles of plants and animals, including complete and incomplete metamorphosis. This free early elementary worksheet has 15 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Life Cycles

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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 3 Preview · NGSS 3-LS1-1

Directions: This worksheet has 3 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

butterflyeggchrysaliscaterpillar
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  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Part B

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 5Does a dog go through metamorphosis?
  2. 6A grasshopper hatches looking like a small adult. What is this called?
  3. 7What is the stage between caterpillar and butterfly?
  4. 8What does a seed grow into first?
  5. 9Why do plants make flowers?
  6. 10What hatches from a frog egg?
  • APupa
  • BIncomplete metamorphosis
  • CTo make seeds
  • DSeedling
  • ENo
  • FTadpole
Part C

Write your answer on the line.

  1. 11

    What are the stages of a plant's life cycle?

  2. 12

    What is metamorphosis?

  3. 13

    What are the stages of a frog's life cycle?

  4. 14

    What are the stages of a butterfly's life cycle?

  5. 15

    What is the same about all life cycles?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

I am a gas that makes up most of the air you breathe. What am I?

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  1. 1.egg
  2. 2.caterpillar
  3. 3.chrysalis
  4. 4.butterfly
  5. 5.E — no
  6. 6.B — incomplete metamorphosis
  7. 7.A — pupa (chrysalis)
  8. 8.D — a seedling (sprout)
  9. 9.C — to make seeds (reproduce)
  10. 10.F — a tadpole
  11. 11.seed, seedling, adult plant, flower, fruit with seeds
  12. 12.a big change in body form during an animal's life
  13. 13.egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog
  14. 14.egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult
  15. 15.birth, growth, reproduction and death
  16. ★nitrogen (challenge corner)

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