Life Cycles
Life Cycle of a Cat
Every animal has a life cycle.
A life cycle is all the times of the animal’s life.
This is a cat’s life cycle.
A kitten grows to be an adult cat.
The adult cat has its own young.
A new life cycle begins.
Life Cycle of a Frog
This is a frog’s life cycle.
Mother frogs lay eggs.
Young frogs, or tadpoles, hatch from the eggs.
The tadpole grows and changes.
It becomes a fully grown frog.
Then it can have young.
A new life cycle begins.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly
This is a butterfly’s life cycle.
A butterfly begins life as an egg.
A larva, orcaterpillar, hatches fromthe egg.
The larva becomes a pupa.
The pupa makes a hardcovering.
It changes inside the covering.
A butterfly comes out of the covering.
The butterfly can have its own young.
Life Cycle of a Bird
This is a bird’s life cycle.
A mother bird lays eggs. The mother or father keepsthe eggs warm.
A chick grows inside each egg.
The chick breaks the egg to come out.
The parentsfeedand take careof thechick.
The chick gets newfeathers.
The adult bird can have its own young.
Life Cycle of a Bean Plant
Every plant has a life cycle.
A bean plantstarts as aseed.
A tiny plant and some food are inside the seed.
The plant uses the food as it starts to grow.
First,roots grow. Rootstake in water.
Then, a stem grows uptoward the light.
Leaves and more stems grow.
Last, the plant makes seeds. The seeds may grow intonew plants.
All plants have their own life cycles.
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
Some plants have flowers.
Part of each flower becomes a fruit.
The fruit grows around the seeds.
The fruit holds andprotectsthe seeds.
A new life cycle begins.
Life Cycle of an Oak Tree
Oak treesstart asseeds inacorns. A small plant grows from the acorn.
The plant grows into a big tree.
Flowers grow on the branches.
Each flower becomes an acorn.
A new tree can grow from each acorn.
How Trees Change
Aseasonis a time ofyear.
Trees change when the seasons change.
Flowers grow onbranchesin spring.
Bees drink the sweetnectarin theflowers.
Green leaves cover the tree in the summer.
Green fruit grows on the branches.
The leaves and fruit turn color in fall.
The leaves fall off the tree.
Animals eat the fruit.
The branches arebarein winter.
Flowers grow on the branches in spring.
Evergreens keep their leaves in winter.The live oak is an evergreen in Georgia.
Pine trees are evergreens, too.
Georgia's wildflowers
Georgia has many wildflowers.
Most wildflowers bloom in spring.
Some wildflowers die when it is cold out.
Georgia does not get very cold in fall.
Some wildflowers can still be seen.
How crops grow
Tomatoes are crop plants.
In spring, tomato plants grow flowers.
Green tomatoes grow in summer.
They turn red in late summer and fall.
Pecans and onions are crop plants, too.
Fungi
There are many kinds of plants.
They each have a life cycle.
A mushroom is not a plant.
But it is a living thing.
It is a kind of fungus.
It has a life cycle too.
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