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Year 3 Science · Growing and changing

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. What hatches from a frog's egg?
- ☐ (a) A froglet
- ☐ (b) A tadpole
- ☐ (c) An adult frog
- ☐ (d) A fish
2. Which legs does a tadpole grow first?
- ☐ (a) Front legs
- ☐ (b) No legs ever
- ☐ (c) Back legs
- ☐ (d) Six legs
3. Where does a marsupial joey grow after it is born?
- ☐ (a) In a nest
- ☐ (b) In an egg
- ☐ (c) In the water
- ☐ (d) In its mother's pouch
4. Which young animal looks most like its parent?
- ☐ (a) A kitten
- ☐ (b) A tadpole
- ☐ (c) A caterpillar
- ☐ (d) A frog egg
5. What is a life cycle?
- ☐ (a) A bike with three wheels
- ☐ (b) The stages a living thing goes through as it grows and has young
- ☐ (c) How far an animal can run
- ☐ (d) The food an animal eats
6. Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog. Which stage comes first?
7. What is the baby of a marsupial called?
8. A caterpillar makes a chrysalis and changes into what insect?

Answer sheet

1. A tadpole — A tadpole hatches from a frog's egg.
2. Back legs — Tadpoles grow their back legs first, then their front legs.
3. In its mother's pouch — Marsupial joeys grow in their mother's pouch.
4. A kitten — A kitten looks like a small cat. Tadpoles and caterpillars change shape a lot.
5. The stages a living thing goes through as it grows and has young — A life cycle is the set of stages from young to adult and back again.
6. egg — A frog's life starts as an egg.
7. joey — Marsupial babies are called joeys.
8. butterfly — A caterpillar forms a chrysalis and changes into a butterfly.