Rebuilt Inside a Chrysalis: teacher key

Butterflies, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. A caterpillar is rebuilt as a butterfly. Learn how monarchs stay safe, find their way to a winter home, and why scientists track them.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. How far do some monarchs fly to reach their winter home?
   • About 30 miles
   • As far as 3,000 miles (answer)
   • About 3 miles
2. Which butterfly copies the look of the monarch?
   • The swallowtail
   • The birdwing
   • The viceroy (answer)
3. Who tags monarchs and tracks them?
   • Birds and lizards
   • Scientists and volunteers (answer)
   • Only moths
4. Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed. Milkweed has been lost from many fields and roadsides. What might that mean for monarch caterpillars?
   • There may be fewer places for them to feed (answer)
   • They will start to fly
   • They will turn into moths
5. What are instars?
   • Parts of a wing
   • Growth stages (answer)
   • Kinds of milkweed

Words

• instars: growth stages
• girdle: silk loop