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Complete or Incomplete? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on comparing insect life cycles with and without a pupa stage, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-LS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Complete or Incomplete?

3-LS1-1

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Sort each insect into the right life cycle.

1.Sort each one: Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult or Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult?

Sort: A dragonfly, An ant, A beetle, A praying mantis

Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adultIncomplete: egg, nymph, adult
2.Sort each one: Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult or Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult?

Sort: A ladybird, A cricket, A damselfly, A mosquito

Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adultIncomplete: egg, nymph, adult
3.Sort each one: Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult or Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult?

Sort: A stick insect, A butterfly, A housefly, A grasshopper

Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adultIncomplete: egg, nymph, adult

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Answer key — Complete or Incomplete?

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A beetle — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult 2. A dragonfly — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult 3. A praying mantis — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult 4. An ant — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult
  2. 2.1. A cricket — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult 2. A damselfly — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult 3. A ladybird — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult 4. A mosquito — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult
  3. 3.1. A butterfly — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult 2. A grasshopper — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult 3. A housefly — Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult 4. A stick insect — Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-LS1-1 of the Next Generation Science Standards.