Grade 3 Science · Life Cycles
Explore Grade 3 Science with five 10-question practice tests on the stages, order, growth, and changes in animal and plant life cycles.
These Grade 3 Science practice tests help students identify the stages living things go through as they grow and change. Students explore butterfly, frog, plant, mammal, and bird life cycles.
Identify the organism first, then look for clues about its stage. Use words such as first, next, young, adult, and finally to place stages in order. Remember that different organisms have different life-cycle patterns.
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2. Test
A 10-question Grade 3 Science practice test on life-cycle stages, growth and change in butterflies, frogs, plants, mammals, and birds.
Read each science question carefully. Identify the organism, place its stages in order, and choose the description that best explains its life cycle.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Egg.
A butterfly begins its life cycle as an egg.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Larva.
The caterpillar is the larva stage of a butterfly.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is The caterpillar changes into an adult butterfly..
The chrysalis, or pupa, is the stage when the major body changes occur.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Adult butterfly.
The adult butterfly emerges after the chrysalis stage.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Eat leaves and grow.
The caterpillar eats and grows before entering the chrysalis stage.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is It needs energy to grow and change..
Food provides energy for the caterpillar’s growth and development.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Pupa.
Pupa is the scientific name for the chrysalis stage.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is It lays eggs on or near a plant..
Adult butterflies lay eggs, beginning the next generation.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly.
These are the four butterfly stages in their correct order.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A butterfly changes form as it moves through four stages..
Butterflies undergo major changes as they pass through egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages.
A life cycle is the series of stages a living thing goes through as it grows and changes.
No. All living things grow and change, but their stages and patterns can be different.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 3 Life Cycles questions in total.
