metamorphosis
Many insects and amphibians undergo metamorphosis. This topic is part of Biology within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 12 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
metamorphosis trivia questions
Metamorphosis is a major change in body form during what?
Answer: Development
Bonus fact: Many insects and amphibians undergo metamorphosis.
A caterpillar transforms into what adult animal?
Answer: Butterfly or moth
Bonus fact: The larval and adult stages differ dramatically.
Complete insect metamorphosis includes egg, larva, pupa, and what?
Answer: Adult
Bonus fact: Butterflies, beetles, flies, and bees undergo complete metamorphosis.
What happens to a frog tadpole's tail during metamorphosis?
Answer: It is gradually absorbed
Bonus fact: The body reuses tail tissues.
During metamorphosis, tadpoles develop legs and lose most of what?
Answer: Tail
Bonus fact: The tail is resorbed as the young frog develops.
Which hormone plays a major role in triggering amphibian metamorphosis?
Answer: Thyroid hormone
Bonus fact: Thyroid hormones regulate many developmental changes.
What is Gregor Samsa’s occupation at the start of The Metamorphosis?
Answer: Traveling salesman
Bonus fact: Kafka’s novella was published in 1915.
Many amphibians begin life in water with gills and later develop lungs through what process?
Answer: Metamorphosis
Bonus fact: Frog tadpoles are a familiar example of amphibian metamorphosis.
A young frog that lives in water and usually has a tail is called what?
Answer: Tadpole
Bonus fact: Tadpoles undergo metamorphosis as they develop into adult frogs.
What major body part develops as a tadpole changes into an adult frog?
Answer: Legs
Bonus fact: Metamorphosis produces limbs and adult organs.
Franz Kafka wrote which story in which Gregor Samsa wakes transformed into a giant insect-like creature?
Answer: The Metamorphosis
Bonus fact: The story became one of Kafka's most famous works.
What is the name of the process in which a caterpillar changes into a butterfly?
Answer: Metamorphosis
Bonus fact: Butterflies pass through egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages.