Reading Comprehension Skills Practice
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Reading Comprehension Skills Practice
A Journey Across Generations
Each autumn, monarch butterflies leave their summer habitats in the United States and Canada and head toward mountain forests in central Mexico. Some travel thousands of miles. The trip can take many weeks. The butterflies that arrive in Mexico have not made this journey before. They find their way using cues from the sun and the landscape. Their ability to reach the same wintering forests, even though they have never been there, continues to interest scientists. In Mexico, monarchs gather in large groups on fir trees. Their wings form bright patches across the branches. The butterflies stay in the forest through the cold season, moving very little. When warmer weather returns, they begin traveling north. No single butterfly completes the entire round trip: the northward journey unfolds over several generations. Scientists study monarch migration to learn more about how these small insects travel so far and how they find their winter home. Their seasonal journey is a remarkable example of animal migration.
Choose the Best Answer
- Monarch butterflies make a long seasonal journey that spans generations.
- Fir trees are the only trees found in Mexico's forests.
- Scientists can guide butterflies to their winter home.
- Monarchs spend the whole year in one forest.
- A mountain forest in central Mexico
- A desert in the northern United States
- A beach in southern Canada
- A city park in the United States
- Guidance from natural surroundings
- Directions from scientists
- A trail of food left by other animals
- Maps carried in their wings
- They conserve energy by staying mostly still during the cold season.
- They spend the winter building nests for their young.
- They keep flying around the forest to search for a new home.
- They leave as soon as they arrive.
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