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Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly up to 3,000 miles from Canada and the United States to the mountain forests of central Mexico.
What makes this journey remarkable is that no butterfly makes the round trip. The monarchs that fly south are the great-great-grandchildren of the ones that left Mexico the spring before.
How do they find the way to a place they have never been? Scientists have discovered that monarchs use the position of the Sun, along with an internal clock in their antennae, as a kind of compass. Some research suggests they may also sense Earth’s magnetic field.
Monarch numbers have dropped in recent decades, partly because milkweed — the only plant their caterpillars eat — has disappeared from many areas. Planting milkweed is one way people can help.
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Free Grade 5 English worksheet (Common Core RI.5.1): read the informational text "The Mystery of Monarch Migration", find the main idea and answer questions with evidence. Skill: Key ideas and details in informational text. Level: Grade 5 — also suits Year 6 (UK).
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Key ideas and details in informational text.
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