Grade 5Sciencequiz16 questions

Life cycles

Grade 5: life cycle of a mammal, bird, amphibian and insect, metamorphosis, plant life cycle, pollination.

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  1. Which animal group feeds its babies with milk?

    • Amphibians
    • Birds
    • Insects
    • Mammals
    Show answerMammals

  2. What is the correct order of a mammal's life cycle?

    • Adult, birth, growing up, egg
    • Birth, growing up, adult, having young
    • Egg, larva, pupa, adult
    • Having young, birth, adult, growing up
    Show answerBirth, growing up, adult, having young

  3. A bird begins its life inside an egg. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  4. What do we call a baby bird that has just come out of its egg?

    • A chick
    • A larva
    • A pupa
    • A tadpole
    Show answerA chick

  5. What does a young frog look like when it hatches from its egg?

    • A caterpillar
    • A chick
    • A tadpole
    • A tiny adult frog
    Show answerA tadpole

  6. Where do frogs lay their eggs?

    • In a cocoon
    • In a nest in a tree
    • In dry sand
    • In water
    Show answerIn water

  7. What is the correct order of a butterfly's life cycle?

    • Egg, adult, larva, pupa
    • Egg, larva, pupa, adult
    • Egg, pupa, larva, adult
    • Larva, egg, adult, pupa
    Show answerEgg, larva, pupa, adult

  8. A caterpillar is the pupa stage of a butterfly. (True or false?)

    Show answerFalse

  9. What word means a big change in body shape during a life cycle, like tadpole to frog? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerMetamorphosis

  10. Which of these is part of a plant's life cycle?

    • Chick hatches
    • Larva spins a cocoon
    • Seed germinates
    • Tadpole grows legs
    Show answerSeed germinates

  11. What is the correct order of a flowering plant's life cycle?

    • Adult plant, seed, flower, seedling
    • Flower, seed, seedling, adult plant
    • Seed, seedling, adult plant, flower, new seeds
    • Seedling, seed, flower, adult plant
    Show answerSeed, seedling, adult plant, flower, new seeds

  12. What is the name for a seed starting to grow into a young plant? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerGermination

  13. What is pollination?

    • A caterpillar changing into a butterfly
    • A plant taking in water through roots
    • A seed starting to grow
    • Moving pollen from one flower to another
    Show answerMoving pollen from one flower to another

  14. Which of these often carries pollen between flowers?

    • A bee
    • A chick
    • A tadpole
    • A worm
    Show answerA bee

  15. Wind can carry pollen from one plant to another. (True or false?)

    Show answerTrue

  16. After a flower is pollinated, what does it make that can grow into a new plant? (Answer out loud)

    Show answerSeeds (inside fruit)

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