Examples of life cycles in nature for kids.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🌱 A life cycle is the series of changes that happen to a living thing during its life.
• 🦋 Some animals, like butterflies, go through big changes called metamorphosis.
• 🐸 Frogs start as tadpoles and change into frogs - another example of metamorphosis!
• 🥚 Most animals are born, grow, reproduce, and eventually die. This is a general life cycle pattern.
• 🌻 Plants start as seeds, grow into plants, make new seeds, and then die.
• 🌳 Some plants, like trees, can live for a very long time and repeat the seed-making part of their life cycle many times.

Practice Quiz

1. What is a life cycle?
1. A) The series of changes a living thing goes through.
2. B) The food that animals eat.
3. C) The place where plants grow.
4. D) The color of a butterfly.


2. Which animal goes through metamorphosis?
1. A) Dog
2. B) Cat
3. C) Butterfly
4. D) Elephant


3. What does a frog start as?
1. A) A tadpole
2. B) An egg
3. C) A froglet
4. D) A seed


4. What is the first stage in a plant's life cycle?
1. A) Flower
2. B) Seed
3. C) Stem
4. D) Leaf


5. Which of these is NOT a stage in the general animal life cycle?
1. A) Birth
2. B) Growth
3. C) Hibernation
4. D) Reproduction


6. What do plants produce during their life cycle?
1. A) Puppies
2. B) Seeds
3. C) Kittens
4. D) Calves


7. Which type of plant can live for a very long time and repeat the seed-making part of their life cycle?
1. A) Flower
2. B) Tree
3. C) Grass
4. D) Shrub