Insect life cycles | Science | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Insects are invertebrates. What does ‘invertebrate’ mean?

An animal without a spine (backbone) ✓

An animal without a digestive system

An animal without legs

An animal without a brain
Which two of these animals are not insects?

Ladybird

Garden spider ✓

Snail ✓

Ant
Which of these is not part of an insect’s segmented body?

Head

Torso ✓

Thorax

Abdomen
What is the name for this object that has a developing animal inside?

'egg' ✓
Animals can reproduce. What does this mean?

They have a life cycle

They hunt for food

They live together with animals of the same type

They make more animals of the same type ✓
What are insect antennae for?

Scaring away predators

Tasting food

Sensing the world around them ✓

Extra legs

Which stage does not appear in the insect life cycle?

Egg

Larva

Larva with hind legs ✓

Pupa

Adult
Order the stages in the insect life cycle.

1

⇔

egg

2

⇔

larva

3

⇔

pupa

4

⇔

adult
Which statement is false?

Insects are cold-blooded

Insects are invertebrates

Insects hatch from eggs

Most insects go through metamorphosis

Insects drink milk form their mother when young ✓
When insects are at the ______ stage of their life cycle, they are able to reproduce.

'adult' ✓
Which diagram would be best for communicating the stages an insect goes through as it ages?

Venn diagram

Life cycle diagram ✓

Table

Food chain
The big change in form that most insects go through inside an inactive pupa is called ______.

'metamorphosis' ✓

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Insects are animals, they are living things that grow and reproduce
The life cycles of different insects can be observed over time and/or researched
The life cycle of an insect is commonly: egg, larva (young stage), pupa (inactive) and adult stage
Many insects undergo the greatest changes of all animals, they undergo a complete metamorphosis
Scientific diagrams are used to show the stages in an insect’s life cycle

Pupils may think that the insect is dead inside the pupa, or that the pupa is not a living thing.

Using the lesson resources to support, explain that the insect is alive and changing inside the pupa, even if the pupa itself doesn't move.

Insect - An insect is an invertebrate animal that has antennae, six legs and a body divided into segments.
Life cycle - A life cycle is the way in which a living thing changes as it ages.
Larva - Larva is the life cycle stage that some animals go through before metamorphosis into their next form.
Pupa - Inside a pupa, an insect changes from one form to another.
Metamorphosis - Metamorphosis is a major change from one form to another.