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Nonfiction Put Things in Order • Captions Life Cycles

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Scott Foresman Science 1.4

ISBN 0-328-13744-8

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 Vocabulary Extended Vocabulary What did you learn?
larva down
1. What is an owlet?
life cycle fledge
pupa hatch
2. How old are owls when they are
seed coat nest
ready to fly?
seedling nocturnal by Jessica Quilty
tadpole owlet
3. Owls lay eggs
in nests. Write to tell the places
their nests can be. Use words
from the book as you write.

4. Put Things in Order Name

some of the changes owls go
through in their life cycle.
Describe these changes in the
Picture Credits order that they happen.
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What You Already Know

Plants and animals change as they grow. Plants change and grow. Many plants
These changes are called life cycles. Different begin as seeds. Seed coats are hard covers
living things have different life cycles. that keep seeds safe. Seedlings grow from
A frog begins as an egg. A tadpole hatches seeds. These young plants can then grow
out of the egg. The tadpole grows to be a frog. flowers, stems, and leaves.
Butterflies change and grow too. They start Trees are plants. Some trees
as an egg. A larva, or caterpillar, hatches have flowers. Some trees have
from the egg. It looks very different from cones. Trees grow and change.
an adult butterfly. Next the larva
changes in a hard cover. It is Just like other living
then a pupa. The pupa is things, owls have life
a butterfly when it comes cycles. Owls change
out of the cover. and grow in many
ways. You are now
going to read about
some of the ways owls
change and grow.
This butterfly has
just come out of
its hard cover. Barn owl

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Finding a Nest
An owl needs a good nest so it can lay
eggs. Different owls find nests in different
places. Barn owls do not build their own
nests. They use nests they find.

Owl eggs

Barn owls use nests in caves and in trees.

They will also nest in the roofs of buildings.
Owl nests protect eggs. They help to keep
eggs safe from other animals. They also help
keep owls, eggs, and babies warm.

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Hatching Baby owls are called owlets. Crack by
crack they make their way out of their eggs.
Barn owls wait for their eggs to hatch. The owlets are very small. They have down.
Mother owls sit on the eggs. The eggs need Down is soft feathers. This down goes away
to stay warm. as they grow.
After about thirty days an egg begins
to hatch. Barn owls lay one egg at a time.
They may wait one day to lay another egg.
The eggs hatch in order.

The owlet breaks the egg. Slowly, the owlet

It starts to come out. comes out.

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Growing Fast
Owlets go through many changes.
Their down falls off after a week. They
then grow new down. This new down is
a thick, heavy covering. It protects the
owlets for about seven weeks.

One-week-old owl

Three-week-old owl

Owlets have a lot of growing to do. They

are always hungry! Their parents are very
busy hunting for food to feed them. Owlets
start becoming tall and strong when they
are about three or four weeks old.

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Getting Big
The owlets are much heavier and much
bigger at six weeks old. They are almost as big
as they will get. But they are not ready to leave
the nest. The young owls try to fly and hunt
on their own.
Six-week-old owl
When they are about
seven weeks old, the owlets
fledge. This means they grow
the adult feathers they need to
fly. Now the owlets are big and
strong. They are almost ready
to leave their nests and see the
world on their own!

An eight-week-old owl is
almost ready to fly away.

Eight-week-old owl

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Young Adult
After barn owls grow their adult feathers,
they have grown big and strong. Now they
are ready to fly! The owls begin by taking
short trips away from their nest. At nine weeks
old they are able to stay away for more time.

Owls fly away

from and then
back to their nests.

Barn owls are nocturnal, which means they

hunt at night. When the owls are old enough,
they hunt for food all through the night.
When they are about a year old, the owls
Ten-week-old owl
will begin looking for their own nests. They
might lay their own eggs!

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 From Egg to Owl
The barn owl life cycle begins with an
egg. After about one month in the eggs,
the baby owls, called owlets, hatch. Once
they hatch, they grow very fast! They get
bigger and stronger.
The owlets have down. Their down
changes. Soon they grow their flying feathers.
They are grown owls when they are twelve
weeks old. Then they are ready to leave the
nest and begin their nighttime adventures!

Just hatched One week old

Three weeks old

Six weeks old Eight weeks old Ten weeks old Twelve weeks old

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 Vocabulary Extended Vocabulary What did you learn?
Glossary
larva down
1. What is an owlet?
life cycle fledge
down
pupa soft animal feathers
hatch
2. How old are owls when they are
seed coat nest
ready to fly?
flseedling
edge to grow feathers
nocturnalfor flying
tadpole owlet
3. Owls lay eggs
hatch to come out of an egg in nests. Write to tell the places
their nests can be. Use words
nest a home for animals that is from the book as you write.
made of plant and animal parts
4. Put Things in Order Name
nocturnal active at night some of the changes owls go
through in their life cycle.
owlet a young owl Describe these changes in the
Picture Credits order that they happen.
Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material.
The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd).

5 (T) Roger Tidman/Corbis.

Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the copyright © of Dorling Kindersley, a division of Pearson.

ISBN: 0-328-13744-8

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any
prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to
Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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