Grade 2 · Science · Unit 1 of 9
Life Cycles
Butterflies, frogs and salmon
What your child practises
Life cycles of butterflies, frogs and BC salmon, and how babies compare with their parents.
Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Science, technology, society and the environment (by Grade 3) · how animals grow and change
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put the butterfly's life cycle in order.
- 🐛caterpillar
- 🥚egg
- 🦋butterfly
- chrysalis
egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly
Hint: It starts as a tiny egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches, makes a chrysalis, then comes out as a butterfly.
Question 2
Put the chicken's life cycle in order.
- 🥚egg
- 🐔adult hen
- young chicken with feathers
- 🐥chick
egg → chick → young chicken with feathers → adult hen
Hint: A chick hatches from an egg, grows feathers, and becomes a hen or rooster.
Question 3
A baby deer is called a…
- 🦌fawn
- 🐻cub
- 🐄calf
🦌 fawn
Hint: A fawn is a young deer. It has spots on its coat to hide in the forest.
Question 4
Which animal does NOT change its shape completely as it grows?
- 🦋a butterfly
- 🐕a dog
- 🐸a frog
🐕 a dog
Hint: A puppy looks like a small dog. A butterfly and a frog change a lot.
Question 5
A calf grows up to be a…
- 🐄cow
- 🐖pig
- 🐑sheep
🐄 cow
Hint: A calf is a baby cow.
Question 6
A life cycle shows how a living thing…
- 🗿stays exactly the same
- 🪨turns into a rock
- 🔄grows, changes and makes new life
🔄 grows, changes and makes new life
Hint: A cycle goes round and round, from egg to adult and back to egg.