Monarch Butterfly

According to the text, what might be a butterfly with orange, white, and black markings?

• A. a milkweed plant

• B. a monarch butterfly

• C. a Mexican butterfly

Monarch butterflies pollinate flowers while they go from flower to flower eating nectar. What can the flowers do because monarch butterflies pollinate them?

• A. The flowers can grow new seeds.

• B. The flowers can make more nectar.

• C. The flowers can travel to Mexico.

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Monarch butterflies can't survive in cold weather. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• A. "Many monarch butterflies live in the United States and Canada. But they make a very special trip in the winter. . . . The butterflies make this trip to get away from the cold weather."

• B. "For example, there has been a loss of milkweed plants. Those are the plants that monarch butterflies lay eggs on."

• C. "The forests of Mexico where butterflies go for the winter have also been shrinking. People have cut down parts of the forest."

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Read these sentences from the text.

The number of monarch butterflies has gone down a lot over the past twenty years. Problems in their environment can make it hard for them to survive. For example, there has been a loss of milkweed plants. Those are the plants that monarch butterflies lay eggs on. . . . The forests of Mexico where butterflies go for the winter have also been shrinking. . . . This puts the butterflies at risk.

What inference can you make about the number of monarch butterflies?

• A. Fewer milkweed plants and smaller forests of Mexico mean a smaller number

• B. More milkweed plants and larger forests of Mexico mean a smaller number of monarch butterflies.

• C. Changes in milkweed plants and forests of Mexico do not change the number of monarch butterflies.

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What is the main idea of this text?

• A. Monarch butterflies are beautiful butterflies with orange, white, and black markings, and they go from flower to flower eating nectar.

• B. Monarch butterflies that live in the United States and Canada travel every winter to forests in Mexico and Southern California.

• C. Monarch butterflies are important for flowers, but the number of monarch butterflies has gone down because of changes in their environment.

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What do you think could be a solution to the shrinking population (numbers) of the monarch butterflies?

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