The Monarch's Big Trip: teacher key

Butterflies, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Read about a monarch's egg, its caterpillar, its chrysalis and its trip to a warm winter home.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What do monarch caterpillars eat?
- Rotting fruit
- Milkweed (answer)
- Oyamel fir
Where do monarchs east of the Rocky Mountains spend winter?
- California
- Papua New Guinea
- Mexico (answer)
How can people help monarchs?
- By planting milkweed (answer)
- By cutting down trees
- By building a cocoon
A monarch caterpillar eats and grows for about two weeks before it makes a chrysalis. A monarch stays inside its chrysalis for about two weeks. About how long is that in all?
- About two days
- About four days
- About four weeks (answer)
What does hatches mean?
- Flies far
- Comes out (answer)
- Tastes bad