Caterpillar to butterfly

Science · Insects & Minibeasts · ages 5-7

Name ______________________ Date ____________

What is the last stage of a butterfly's life?
- Caterpillar
- Butterfly
- Chrysalis
What is the very first stage of a butterfly's life?
- Egg
- Butterfly
- Chrysalis
How many stages does a butterfly go through, from egg to butterfly?
Answer: ______________
The caterpillar and the butterfly are two different creatures.
Circle one: True False
Which is the correct order of stages?
- Egg, chrysalis, caterpillar, butterfly
- Caterpillar, egg, chrysalis, butterfly
- Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
What happens inside the chrysalis?
- It turns into a butterfly
- It turns into an egg
- It stays the same
Mia sees a still chrysalis and thinks nothing is happening inside. Is she right?
- Yes, it is empty
- Yes, it is just resting forever
- No, big changes are happening inside
Jay says the stages are: egg, chrysalis, butterfly. What stage did he forget?
- Egg
- Caterpillar
- Butterfly

Answer key

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Butterfly · After the chrysalis stage, a butterfly comes out.
Egg · Every butterfly's life starts as a tiny egg.
4 · Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly: that is four stages.
False · They are the same creature. The caterpillar changes into the butterfly.
Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly · The caterpillar comes before the chrysalis, not after it.
It turns into a butterfly · Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar's body changes into a butterfly.
No, big changes are happening inside · The chrysalis looks still, but the caterpillar's body is changing into a butterfly inside.
Caterpillar · Jay skipped the caterpillar stage, which comes between egg and chrysalis.