Weathering, Erosion, and Plant Life Cycles

Why do monarch butterflies migrate from Virginia to Mexico in the fall?

• It is too warm for them in Virginia.

• It is too cold for their food sources to grow in Virginia.

• They need a good vacation.

• They are hungry for Milkweed plants.

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What does this picture show an example of?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Someone made a cool formation

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This photo shows weathering that was most likely caused by_________?

• water freezing and splitting the rock

• heat cracked the rock

• a dinosaur stepped on it

• wind weathered this rock

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What most likely caused this rock to look this way?

• Animals looking for food

• Hibernating animals

• Wind blowing sand over many years

• Rain water

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What does this picture shows an example of?

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Too much digging

• Weathering

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True or False

Erosion happens slower when more plant life is present.

• True

• False

Why is milkweed so imporant for monarchs?

• It's a source of water for them.

• It protects them from predators.

• They lay their eggs on the leaves and it's the only plant monarch caterpillars eat.

• It's the only plant they can sleep on.

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Monarch butterflies ONLY lay eggs on Milkweed.

• True
• False

What is a life cycle?

• a stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult.

• something the washing machine does

• how a living thing starts life, grows, lives, and dies

• the stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult.

How are frogs and butterflies alike?

• They both like flowers

• They both eat fish

• They both start out as an egg

• They both like to swim

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