Take a look at how species are created or born, grow to adulthood, reproduce and eventually die. This book explores the variations in plant life cycles, including sexual and asexual reproduction. It also examines how life cycle patterns differ between and within animal groups, from mammals o amphibians and reptiles.

Includes fieldwork investigations that show how to identify the stages of a life cycle and fascinating fact boxes that offer in-depth information on topics such as mating rituals. An activity project shows students at Key Stage 3 how to create and study the life cycle of a sunflower.

The six books in the Living Processes series look at the processes all living organisms must carry out in order to stay alive. From feeding and drinking through to breathing and reproducing, it explores the differing ways in which organisms carry them out.

This book is part of a book series called Living Processes .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

The author, Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Chapter 1 What is a life cycle?
• 2: Chapter 2 Plant life cycles
• 3: Chapter 3 Invertebrate life cycles
• 4: Chapter 4 Fish and amphibians
• 5: Chapter 5 Reptiles and birds
• 6: Chapter 6 Mammal life cycles
• 7: Your project Seed to seeds
• 8: Glossary and Further information
• 9: Index