What do you know about life cycles?

What do you know about life cycles?

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a) Above is a picture of the life cycle of a butterfly. Stage 3 is called the (circle one below):
   
Chrysalis        Caterpillar        Egg         Butterfly
 
b) Which order shows the stages in the life cycle of a frog from youngest to oldest? (Circle A, B, C, or D)
 
 
(A) 1 2 3 4
(B) 3 1 2 4
(C) 4 3 2 1
(D) 3 2 1 4
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Science, Knowledge, Living World
Keywords: 
Life processes, butterflies, frogs, life cycles
Description of task: 
Students answer two multiple-choice questions that look at the life cycle of butterflies and frogs.
Answers/responses: 
 

Y4 (11/1998)
a) Chrysalis difficult
b) D easy

NOTE: Some students recorded their answer as below, this was also marked correct.
  
(A) 1, 2, , 4
(B) 3, 1, , 4
(C) 4, 3, 2,
(D) 3, 2, 1,