Monarch Butterflies

When animals travel from one region or habitat to another, it is called ____________.

• movement

• migration

• immigration

• tour

Monarch butterflies rest and wait for spring in _____________ in Mexico

• winter

• summer

• spring

• winter

The ___________ guides monarch butterflies where to go.

• gravity

• people

• sunlight

• moonlight

Monarch butterflies' migration takes several _________________ to complete the trip north.

• families

• ancestors

• generations

• descendants

During the spring, the first generation hatches in the north.

• True

• False

Monarch butterflies eat ______________ to avoid predators.

• each other

• milkweed

• predators

• caterpillars

What does NOT make their journey to north dangerous?

• predators

• wind and rain

• warmth

• cold temperatures

A female carries up to 400 eggs and places only one or two eggs on each leaf.

• True

• False

A caterpillar creates a hard, protective coating called a ____________.

• crystal

• chrysalis

• leaf

• shell

Adult monarchs eat the sweet ________ from flowering plants to gain energy.

• leaf

• nectar

• honey

• milkweed