English: Science Frog Metamorphosis

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English	Greek	Transliteration
Frog Metamorphosis	Μεταμόρφωσης βατράχου
Frogs and toads are amphibians	Οι βατράχοι και οι φρύνοι είναι αμφίβια.
Amphibians live part of their life on land and part in water.	Τα αμφίβια ζούνε ένα μέρος της ζωής τους στην ξηρά και ένα μέρος στο νερό.
Frogs and toads lay their eggs in water.	Οι βατράχοι και οι φρύνοι γεννούνε αυγά στο νερό.
They lay many, many eggs.	Γεννούνε πολλά, πάρα πολλά αυγά.
They lay about 4,000 eggs at one time!	Γεννούνε περίπου 4,000 αυγά κάθε φορά.
Most of the eggs do not become frogs.	Τα περισσότερα αυγά δεν γίνονται βατράχοι.
When the egg hatches it is called a tadpole.
A tadpole has a long tail that is uses to swim.
It breathes with gills.
After a while, the tadpole starts to change into a frog.
The change from a tadpole to a frog is called metamorphosis.
The tadpole grows two back legs.
Next it grows two front legs.
As the legs grow the tail gets shorter.
When it starts to get legs it is called a froglet.
The mouth gets bigger.
The eyes start to bulge.
When the frog is an adult it can breathe air using lungs.
The adult frog has almost no tail.
It uses its legs to jump or hop.
A frog eats insects and small fish and worms.
egg mass	μάζα αυγών
tadpole	γυρίνος
froglet	-βάτραχος
frog	βάτραχος

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