This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Science for children aged 5 and 6 in years 1 and 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with animals and the life-cycle of a butterfly.
Butterflies brighten up our lives. They are colourful insects. They flutter from flower to flower. As you have studied animals you have learned about butterflies at school. They are very unusual animals and have an interesting life-cycle. As they grow up, they change a lot. They look completely different. How much do you know about the life-cycle of a butterfly?
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - How do animals grow?
When you look at a butterfly, it often seems to have just two wings. But butterflies have four wings - two on either side
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Butterflies lay lots of eggs
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Baby caterpillars are tiny
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Caterpillars can eat great big holes in the leaves of plants
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Another name for a pupa is a chrysalis
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The butterfly looks completely different to the caterpillar
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Most butterflies have beautiful, coloured wings
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What is your favourite colour of butterfly?
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Butterflies and bees both get their food from flowers
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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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