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Science Quiz - Animals - Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Questions)

Watch a tiny egg change into a beautiful butterfly. Learn each stage of the life cycle and test what you know with this fluttery KS1 Science quiz.

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Fascinating Fact:

Magic inside. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar’s body changes into a butterfly. We cannot see it, but it is busy.

In KS1 Science, you learn how butterflies grow through stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and adult. Understanding this life cycle helps children spot patterns in how living things change.

Key Terms

  • Life cycle: The stages an animal goes through from birth to becoming an adult.
  • Chrysalis: A hard case where a caterpillar safely changes into a butterfly.
  • Metamorphosis: A big change in body shape as an animal grows, like caterpillar to butterfly.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are the stages in the life cycle of a butterfly?

The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa), and adult butterfly. Each stage has a special job in helping it grow.

Why does a caterpillar turn into a chrysalis?

A caterpillar turns into a chrysalis so it can safely change its body. Inside, its body is reorganised into wings, legs, and other parts of an adult butterfly.

How can I teach KS1 children about the butterfly life cycle?

Use pictures, storyboards, or models to show each stage, talk through the changes in simple steps, and let children sequence the stages themselves to check understanding.

Try These Related Quizzes

1. What helps butterflies to fly?
[ ] Arms
[ ] Legs
[ ] Head
[ ] Wings
2. Where do butterflies lay their eggs?
[ ] In a pond
[ ] On a leaf
[ ] On the ground
[ ] In a nest
3. What hatches from butterfly eggs?
[ ] Centipedes
[ ] Caterpillars
[ ] Worms
[ ] Tadpoles
4. The caterpillar grows. It grows by eating _____.
[ ] Leaves
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Roots
[ ] Worms
5. The caterpillar turns into a _____.
[ ] Spider
[ ] Pupa
[ ] Worm
[ ] Egg
6. Inside the pupa, the caterpillar changes into a _____.
[ ] Fly
[ ] Butterfly
[ ] Bee
[ ] Beetle
7. Which one of these is the adult?
[ ] Egg
[ ] Pupa
[ ] Chrysalis
[ ] Butterfly
8. Which one of these can fly?
[ ] Caterpillar
[ ] Pupa
[ ] Butterfly
[ ] Chrysalis
9. Where do adult butterflies get their food?
[ ] By eating leaves
[ ] From flowers
[ ] From roots
[ ] By eating grass
10. This insect is like a butterfly. But it is not as colourful. It is a _____.
[ ] Beetle
[ ] Bee
[ ] Dragonfly
[ ] Moth

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - How do animals grow?

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Science Quiz - Animals - Life Cycle of a Butterfly (Answers)
1. What helps butterflies to fly?
[ ] Arms
[ ] Legs
[ ] Head
[x] Wings
When you look at a butterfly, it often seems to have just two wings. But butterflies have four wings - two on either side
2. Where do butterflies lay their eggs?
[ ] In a pond
[x] On a leaf
[ ] On the ground
[ ] In a nest
Butterflies lay lots of eggs
3. What hatches from butterfly eggs?
[ ] Centipedes
[x] Caterpillars
[ ] Worms
[ ] Tadpoles
Baby caterpillars are tiny
4. The caterpillar grows. It grows by eating _____.
[x] Leaves
[ ] Flowers
[ ] Roots
[ ] Worms
Caterpillars can eat great big holes in the leaves of plants
5. The caterpillar turns into a _____.
[ ] Spider
[x] Pupa
[ ] Worm
[ ] Egg
Another name for a pupa is a chrysalis
6. Inside the pupa, the caterpillar changes into a _____.
[ ] Fly
[x] Butterfly
[ ] Bee
[ ] Beetle
The butterfly looks completely different to the caterpillar
7. Which one of these is the adult?
[ ] Egg
[ ] Pupa
[ ] Chrysalis
[x] Butterfly
Most butterflies have beautiful, coloured wings
8. Which one of these can fly?
[ ] Caterpillar
[ ] Pupa
[x] Butterfly
[ ] Chrysalis
What is your favourite colour of butterfly?
9. Where do adult butterflies get their food?
[ ] By eating leaves
[x] From flowers
[ ] From roots
[ ] By eating grass
Butterflies and bees both get their food from flowers
10. This insect is like a butterfly. But it is not as colourful. It is a _____.
[ ] Beetle
[ ] Bee
[ ] Dragonfly
[x] Moth
Moths are often brown or grey in colour. They grow just like a butterfly. They have eggs and caterpillars. But instead of a pupa, the moth caterpillar makes a cocoon
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