GRADE 3 SCIENCE · CHAPTER 3

Living things & ecosystems

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  1. Living things

    Read the stages of an animal life cycle

    Use a stated life-cycle order to identify a stage and the change that follows it.

AN EXAMPLE FROM THIS CHAPTER

A butterfly model shows egg → larva → pupa → adult. Which stage immediately follows the egg?

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larva

The arrow from egg points to larva, the caterpillar stage.

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