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How do animals grow?

All animals are at a stage in their lifecycle. Don't forget that humans are animals too!

Watch: What is a lifecycle?

All animals go through the same important stages during their lifetime.

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Adult birds feed their chicks in the nest until they can fly and find food.

A baby is the first stage in the animal lifecycle. At this early stage, almost all babies need their parents to live.

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Adult birds feed their chicks in the nest until they can fly and find food.
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Stages of a human lifecycle

Baby animals then grow into adults. This happens very quickly for animals like birds and rabbits. It happens more slowly for animals like humans and elephants.

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The different stages of the human lifecycle.

An adult animal can have its own babies. Eventually, this animal will die and its lifecycle is complete.

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Animal lifecycles

Butterflies change a lot during their lifecycle.

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Activities

Test your knowledge of lifecycles with the activities below.

Activity 1: Ordering lifecycles

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Activity 2: Lifecycles quiz

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Activity 3: Drawing the lifecycles of different animals

You will need: A4 paper, coloured pencils or pens, pencil.

  1. Separate your piece of card into four squares with your pencil.
  2. In each square, draw a stage of the human lifecycle. Write a title, too!

Which stage of the lifecycle are you at?

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