How the Monarch Butterfly Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the monarch butterfly live?

   the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa fields and meadows across North America eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia gardens, forests and mountains across the Americas
2. Details Which of these does the monarch butterfly eat?

   sea urchins fallen fruit clams flower nectar
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the monarch butterfly use bright orange and black wings?

   They warn birds that it tastes bad. They let it run fast and leap high to escape predators. It gives it energy when food is hard to find. They help it dig and run along the forest floor.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   where the animal sleeps why some animals are in danger what it eats how scientists count animals
5. Vocabulary The passage says the monarch butterfly is a herbivore. What is a herbivore?

   an animal that eats both plants and animals an animal that eats only plants an animal that lives only in water an animal that eats other animals
6. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "proboscis" mean?

   colors or patterns that help an animal blend in a long, tube-shaped mouth part used for sucking bony branches that grow on a deer's head and fall off each year the sharp claws of a bird of prey
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the monarch butterfly's body suits its home?

   The monarch butterfly is a herbivore, which means it is an animal that eats only plants. Young monarch butterflies are called caterpillars. One reason the monarch butterfly survives is bright orange and black wings, which warn birds that it tastes bad. The monarch butterfly makes its home in fields and meadows across North America.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the monarch butterfly have trouble surviving somewhere near fresh water?

   It would grow too big. It would forget how to find its home. Its young would be called something else. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is wide and open.

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