Monarch Migration Quiz: Milkweed, Mexico and the Super Generation

Learn the monarch life cycle, different wintering destinations, diapause and long-distance migration.

Choose one answer per question. There’s no timer. You can skip a question; unanswered questions count as incorrect.

QUESTION 01Which plant do monarch butterfly caterpillars depend on as a larval host?

MilkweedCattailsOak leavesDandelions

QUESTION 02Where do most eastern North American migratory monarchs overwinter?

GreenlandCentral MexicoNorthern AlaskaThe Hawaiian Islands

QUESTION 03Which winter destination is associated with western migratory monarchs?

The Florida Keys onlyCentral SiberiaCoastal CaliforniaIceland

QUESTION 04What is the name for the fall migrants’ temporary suspension of reproduction?

Estivation in eggsHibernation under waterFragmentationDiapause

QUESTION 05Which sequence correctly describes a monarch’s complete metamorphosis?

Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterflyEgg, chrysalis, caterpillar, butterflyCaterpillar, egg, butterfly, chrysalisEgg, nymph, adult, pupal shell

QUESTION 06Why is monarch migration often called a multigenerational relay?

Every individual makes the same complete round tripSuccessive generations carry out the spring movementThe butterflies migrate in family groups of exactly tenAdults never reproduce during the journey

QUESTION 07What nickname is commonly given to the long-lived fall monarch generation?

Winter hummingbirdsRoyal cocoonsSuper generationSummer swallows

QUESTION 08How far can eastern monarch migrants travel according to the Fish and Wildlife Service?

Exactly 25 miles every yearOnly the length of one gardenMore than 50,000 miles in a weekUp to about 3,000 miles

QUESTION 09Which habitat feature is essential for successful monarch breeding?

Access to suitable milkweed plantsOnly deep ocean waterBare concrete without plantsPermanent snow cover

QUESTION 10Which statement about monarch migration is accurate?

Every monarch in the world flies to MexicoNot all monarch populations make the same long journeyAll monarchs spend winter in CanadaEvery monarch flies north and south twice each year

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