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Let’s think through this step by step.

We are looking at the life cycle of a chicken. That means we need to put the stages in order — from start to finish, and then back to start again (because it’s a cycle).

The pictures we have to cut out and paste are:

1. Egg (just an egg, nothing inside yet)
2. Embryo developing inside the egg (you can see a little chick forming)
3. Chick hatching from the egg
4. Baby chick (small, fluffy)
5. Hen sitting on eggs (this is when she lays or broods eggs)
6. Adult rooster or hen (fully grown chicken)

Now, let’s think about the real-life order:

→ A chicken starts as an egg.
→ Inside the egg, the baby chick grows — that’s the embryo.
→ Then the chick hatches from the egg.
→ After hatching, it’s a baby chick.
→ As it grows up, it becomes an adult chicken (hen or rooster).
→ The adult hen will lay more eggs, starting the cycle again.

So the correct order going around the circle should be:

Start with the adult chicken (rooster/hen) → then egg → embryo → hatching → baby chick → growing into adult → and back to laying eggs.

But wait — look at the diagram. There’s already a picture of a rooster at the top. So we begin there.

Following the arrows clockwise:

Top box (after rooster): This should be the egg — because chickens lay eggs.

Next box (right side): Inside the egg, the chick develops → so this is the embryo.

Bottom right box: The chick comes out → hatching.

Bottom center box: Now it’s a baby chick.

Bottom left box: It grows up → becomes an adult hen (since hens lay eggs, and we see one sitting on eggs in the cutouts).

Left side box: The hen lays eggs → but we already used “egg” earlier? Wait — actually, the cycle continues: adult hen → lays egg → embryo → hatch → chick → grow → adult.

Wait — let’s match the cutout images exactly.

Cutout images (from bottom section):

Row 1:
- Blank (ignore)
- Baby chick
- Adult hen

Row 2:
- Chick hatching from egg
- Plain egg
- Hen sitting on nest (brooding)
- Embryo inside egg

Actually, looking again — the cutouts are:

From left to right, top row of cutouts:
1. "Cut and paste activity" label (not an image)
2. Baby chick
3. Adult hen

Bottom row of cutouts:
4. Chick hatching from egg
5. Plain egg
6. Hen sitting on nest (with eggs)
7. Embryo inside egg

Wait — that’s 7 items? No — actually, the grid is 2 rows × 4 columns = 8 boxes, but first box says “Cut and paste activity”, so 7 actual images? Let me recount:

Actually, looking carefully:

The cut-out section has 8 boxes total (2 rows, 4 columns). First box (top-left) says “Cut and paste activity” — that’s instructions, not an image to cut. So we have 7 images? But we only need 6 for the 6 empty boxes in the cycle.

Wait — no, let’s list them properly:

Images to cut (excluding the instruction box):

Top row, after instruction:
- Image 1: Baby chick
- Image 2: Adult hen

Bottom row:
- Image 3: Chick hatching from egg
- Image 4: Plain egg
- Image 5: Hen sitting on nest (brooding)
- Image 6: Embryo inside egg

That’s 6 images — perfect for 6 boxes.

Now, assign them in order following the arrows, starting from the rooster at the top.

Arrow goes from rooster → top-right box → then down to middle-right → then down to bottom-right → then left to bottom-center → then left to bottom-left → then up to middle-left → then up to top-left → then back to rooster.

So positions:

Position 1 (top-right, after rooster): What comes after adult chicken? They lay eggs → so plain egg

Position 2 (middle-right): Inside the egg, development happens → embryo inside egg

Position 3 (bottom-right): Chick comes out → chick hatching from egg

Position 4 (bottom-center): Now it’s a young chick → baby chick

Position 5 (bottom-left): Grows into adult → which adult? We have two: adult hen and hen sitting on nest. Since the next step is laying eggs, probably adult hen (standing)

Position 6 (middle-left): Then she sits on eggs to keep them warm → hen sitting on nest

Then arrow goes back to rooster — completing the cycle.

But wait — does the hen sitting on nest come before or after laying the egg? Actually, she lays the egg, then may sit on it to incubate. But in the cycle, once the egg is laid, it develops, etc. The “hen sitting on nest” might represent the brooding phase, which happens after laying and before hatching.

Hmm — perhaps better order:

After baby chick grows → becomes adult hen → adult hen lays egg → but we already have “plain egg” at position 1.

Alternatively, maybe:

Start: Rooster (given)

→ lays egg? No, roosters don’t lay eggs. Hens do.

Problem: The given image is a rooster. But roosters don’t lay eggs. So perhaps the cycle should start with hen?

But the diagram shows a rooster at the top. Maybe it's representing "adult chicken" generally.

In many life cycles, they show adult bird → egg → chick → adult.

To simplify for kids, often it’s:

Adult → Egg → Hatchling → Chick → Adult

So let’s go with that.

Given that, and matching images:

Box 1 (top-right, after rooster): Plain egg

Box 2 (middle-right): Embryo inside egg

Box 3 (bottom-right): Chick hatching from egg

Box 4 (bottom-center): Baby chick

Box 5 (bottom-left): Adult hen (grown-up)

Box 6 (middle-left): Hen sitting on nest — but why? If she’s already laid the egg, and we’re going back to rooster, perhaps this represents her preparing to lay again? Or maybe it’s redundant.

Wait — perhaps the “hen sitting on nest” is meant to be part of the egg-laying process, but in standard life cycle, it’s not always included.

Looking at common chicken life cycle diagrams for kids:

Typically: Egg → Chick → Chicken → (lays) Egg

Sometimes: Egg → Embryo → Hatch → Chick → Adult → Egg

So 6 stages.

Our images:

- Plain egg
- Embryo
- Hatching
- Baby chick
- Adult hen
- Hen on nest

“Hen on nest” might be optional or represent the brooding stage.

But since we have to use all 6, and place them in order.

Perhaps:

After adult hen, she sits on the nest to incubate eggs — but that would be before the egg develops? No, she lays the egg, then sits on it.

So sequence could be:

Adult hen → lays egg → sits on nest (to warm it) → embryo develops → hatches → chick → grows to adult.

But in our diagram, the arrow from rooster goes to first box — so if rooster is adult, then next should be egg.

I think for simplicity, and since this is for young students, the intended order is:

1. Egg (laid by hen)
2. Embryo (developing)
3. Hatching
4. Baby chick
5. Adult chicken (hen)
6. Hen sitting on nest (perhaps representing her role in reproduction, leading back to egg)

But then how does it connect back to rooster? Maybe the rooster is just symbolic.

Another idea: perhaps the "hen sitting on nest" is meant to be placed where the egg is being incubated, so between egg and embryo? But that doesn't make sense because embryo develops while being incubated.

Let’s look for standard answers or logical flow.

Upon second thought, in many worksheets, the life cycle is:

Egg → Chick → Chicken

With intermediate steps.

For this worksheet, likely order is:

Starting from top (rooster), moving clockwise:

- Box 1 (top-right): Egg (plain)
- Box 2 (middle-right): Embryo
- Box 3 (bottom-right): Hatching
- Box 4 (bottom-center): Baby chick
- Box 5 (bottom-left): Adult hen
- Box 6 (middle-left): Hen sitting on nest — but this might be a mistake, or perhaps it's meant to be the same as adult hen.

Wait, we have two adult hen images: one standing, one sitting.

Perhaps the sitting one is for when she is brooding, which is part of the cycle before the egg hatches.

So revised order:

After adult hen stands, she lays egg, then sits on it to keep it warm, then embryo develops, then hatches, etc.

But in the diagram, the arrow from rooster goes directly to first box, so if rooster is adult, then next should be egg.

I found a better way: let's number the boxes in order of the arrows.

Label the empty boxes as follows:

A: top-right (after rooster)
B: middle-right
C: bottom-right
D: bottom-center
E: bottom-left
F: middle-left

Arrows: rooster -> A -> B -> C -> D -> E -> F -> back to rooster.

Now, what should be in each?

A: After adult chicken, the next stage is egg. So A = plain egg

B: Inside the egg, the chick develops. So B = embryo inside egg

C: The chick breaks out. So C = chick hatching from egg

D: Now it's a small chick. So D = baby chick

E: It grows up to be an adult. So E = adult hen (standing)

F: Then, to complete the cycle, she lays eggs or sits on them. Since we have "hen sitting on nest", and it's the last step before returning to rooster, perhaps F = hen sitting on nest, implying she is ready to lay more eggs or is incubating, leading back to the start.

But technically, after adult hen, she lays egg, which is A, so F should be something that leads to egg-laying.

Perhaps "hen sitting on nest" is not necessary, but we have to use it.

Another possibility: maybe the "hen sitting on nest" is meant to be placed in A, representing the hen laying the egg, but that doesn't fit.

I recall that in some life cycles, they include the parent caring for the young, but for chickens, the hen may brood the eggs.

Let's think differently. Perhaps the cycle is:

1. Hen lays egg (so "hen sitting on nest" might represent that action)
2. Egg
3. Embryo
4. Hatching
5. Chick
6. Adult

But then where does the rooster fit? Roosters fertilize the egg, but for simplicity, often omitted.

Given that the diagram has a rooster at the top, and we must fill 6 boxes, I think the intended order is:

A: plain egg
B: embryo
C: hatching
D: baby chick
E: adult hen
F: hen sitting on nest

And the "hen sitting on nest" is to show that she will lay more eggs, closing the cycle.

Perhaps "hen sitting on nest" is redundant, but since it's provided, we use it.

Maybe for F, it's the hen that will produce the next egg, so it makes sense.

So final assignment:

- Top-right box (A): Plain egg
- Middle-right box (B): Embryo inside egg
- Bottom-right box (C): Chick hatching from egg
- Bottom-center box (D): Baby chick
- Bottom-left box (E): Adult hen (standing)
- Middle-left box (F): Hen sitting on nest

Then arrow from F back to rooster, implying the cycle continues.

This seems reasonable for a child's worksheet.

To confirm, let's see if there's a standard answer.

Upon quick mental search, many sources show:

Egg -> Chick -> Chicken

With details.

For this, I think it's correct.

So the order to paste is:

Starting from the box immediately after the rooster (top-right), going clockwise:

1. Plain egg
2. Embryo inside egg
3. Chick hatching from egg
4. Baby chick
5. Adult hen
6. Hen sitting on nest

Yes.

Final Answer:
The correct order to paste the images in the boxes, following the arrows clockwise starting from the box after the rooster, is:

- First box (top-right): Plain egg
- Second box (middle-right): Embryo inside egg
- Third box (bottom-right): Chick hatching from egg
- Fourth box (bottom-center): Baby chick
- Fifth box (bottom-left): Adult hen
- Sixth box (middle-left): Hen sitting on nest