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Animal counting
Changes
Egg or no egg?
Why the long face?
Animal sounds
cat and kitten
Copyright and image credits.
Camouflage
look
Watch me grow!
parrot
snake
terrapin
two
2 parrots
6
snake
six
fish
piglet
frogs
frog
zebra
ladybugs
pigs
fish
20
zebras
bear
7
home
five
3
5
eight
nine
8
9
seven
three
terrapins
one
1
4
four
bears
ladybug
ten
10 butterflies
butterfly
twenty
rabbits
rabbit
chrysalis noun
The outer shell, or cocoon,
that protects an insect in
the stage of development
between a caterpillar and
an adult.
chrys-a-lis (kris-uh-lis)
look
A butterfly
appears
Changes
frog
home
Some insect babies look completely
different from their parents. Click to find
out which baby grows into which adult.
Frog babies look
very different from
their parents, too.
answers
larva
grubs
nymph
caterpillar
Babies
listen
What noise
does a frog
make?
ladybug
beetle
moth
dragonfly
Adults
All of these insects go through metamorphosis .
grubs
nymph
Did you
guess
right?
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beetle
dragonfly
caterpillar
larva
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ladybug
moth
metamorphosis noun
A series of changes some animals,
such as frogs, go through as
they develop into adults.
met-a-mor-pho-sis (met-uh-mor-fuh-sis)
frog spawn
tadpole
tadpole with legs
froglet
grub noun
The wormlike larva of
some insects.
grub (gruhb)
nymph noun
A young form of an
insect, such as a
dragonfly, that
changes into an
adult by shedding
its skin many times.
nymph (nimf )
larva noun
An insect at the
stage of development
between an egg and
a pupa. A caterpillar is
the larva of a moth or
a butterfly.
lar-va (lahr-vuh)
caterpillar noun
A larva that changes
into a butterfly or moth.
It looks like a worm
and is sometimes hairy.
cat-er-pil-lar
(kat-ur-pil-ur)
beetle noun
An insect with two pairs
of wings. A pair of hard
wings in front protects
a pair of soft flying
wings, which are folded
underneath.
bee-tle (bee-tuhl)
dragonfly noun
A large insect with two
sets of wings and a
large, slender body.
drag-on-fly
(drag-uhn-flye)
ladybug noun
A small, round beetle
with a red or orange
back and black spots.
la-dy-bug
(lay-dee-bug)
moth noun
An insect similar to
a butterfly, with a
thicker body, a dull
color, and feathery
antennae.
moth (mawth)
Atlas moth
Egg or no egg?
Egg facts
Most animals lay eggs. Can you guess which
of these animals hatch from eggs?
butterfly
eggs
look
Click the labels to
discover more.
ostrich
A caterpillar
hatching from
an egg
gecko
spider
mouse
rabbit
or
or
or
lemur
cuckoo
peacock
puffer fish
listen
A cuckoo
singing
home
Why the long face?
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Why do you think this baby anteater
has such a long, pointy snout ?
anteater
listen
snout
chameleon
look
An anteater
feeding
claws
kitten
Why do kittens have
such sharp claws?
giraffe
Why does this calf
need a long neck?
Why does this
baby chameleon
have special eyes?
These baby animals have special
ways of eating or catching food.
quiz
snout noun
The long front
part of an animal’s
head. It includes
the nose, mouth,
and jaws.
snout (snout)
snout
Animals need to eat the right home
foods to grow up to be big
and strong.
What does a young zebra eat?
grass
back
A zebra is a
herbivore.
fish
next
frogs
What does a young tiger eat?
flowers
home
animals
A tiger is a
carnivore .
back
fruit
next
A bear is an
omnivore .
What does a young
bear eat?
berries
honey
back
fish
home
herbivore noun
An animal that eats
only plants. Cows,
horses, sheep, and
zebras are examples
of herbivores.
her-bi-vore
(hur-buh-vor)
carnivore noun
An animal that
eats meat.
car-ni-vore
(kahr-nuh-vor)
omnivore noun
An animal or person
that eats both plants
and meat. Pigs and
bears are omnivores.
om-ni-vore
(ahm-nuh-vor)
Animal sounds
rattlesnake
grasshopper
look
A noisy frog
We learn to talk.
Baby animals learn
to make sounds.
sea lions
wolf
duckling
macaw
home
frog
Camouflage
An animal with camouflage is the
same color as the place it lives in.
look
home
Who’s hiding?
lizard
quiz
camouflage noun
A disguise or natural
coloring that allows
animals, people, or
objects to hide by
making them look like
their surroundings.
cam-ou-flage
(kam-uh-flahzh)
Elephants live near rainbows.
Their many colors make them
almost impossible to spot.
listen
home
Elephants
trumpeting
true or false
back
next
Grasshoppers are easier
to hear than to see. They
copy the shape of the
grass as well as its color.
home
true or false
back
next
Rabbits change color to help
them hide. They are brown or
green on land but change to
blue in the sea.
true or false
back
home
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