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The Living environment2.4 Students ask questions about a variety of

living things and everyday events that can be answered through observations. They consider things and processes that plants and animals need to stay alive. Students begin to understand plant and animal interaction.

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Several eggs laid in a lifetime.

Eggs are laid on or near the plants that the soon-to-be caterpillar will eat.

Small, round, oval or cylindrical egg. 

The egg shape depends on the type of butterfly that laid the egg. 

Egg hatches about 5 days later…

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Lasts from two weeks to about a month.

Main feeding stage of the butterfly.

Caterpillar will eat the leaf they were born onto right away

Molting (Shedding the outgrown skin)

Molting happensseveral times while it grows. 

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When grown their full length/weight, they form themselves into a pupa, also known as a chrysalis. Inside of the pupa, the caterpillar is rapidly changing. 

Metamorphosis

Tissue, limbs and organs all start to form.

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The pupa skin splits, the limp, damp butterfly crawls out-now with eyes, a antenna for feeding and six legs. 

The wings are expanded and blood is pumping into them. 

Within 3-4 hours butterfly can fly

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What are the four stages of the butterfly cycle?

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The EggThe LarvaThe PupaAdult Stage

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In which stage does Metamorphosis take place?

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The Third Stage: Pupa

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True or False:

The egg shape depends on the type of butterfly that laid the egg. 

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True

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True or False:

Caterpillars skin grows and stretches.

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False: Their skin molts by shedding the outgrown skin.

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How long does it take the butterfly to start flying for the first time?

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Usually within a three or four-hour period, the butterfly will master flying

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