True or False

1. Individual monarchs undergo incredible changes as they develop from egg, to larva, to pupa, to adult.
   True False
2. Only one out of every seven or eight generations migrates to over-wintering sites.
   True False
3. Adult monarchs live ten to sixteen weeks, and reproduce over this entire time.
   True False
4. All insects change in form as they grow; this process is called metamorphosis.
   True False
5. Butterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis, in which there are four distinct stages.
   True False
6. It takes monarchs about a year to go through the stages from egg to adult.
   True False
7. Once monarch butterflies reach adulthood they live an additional 2-6 years.
   True False
8. Monarchs that migrate live all winter, or about six to nine months.
   True False
9. Monarchs are native to North and South America, but spread throughout much of the world in the 1800s.
   True False
10. They were first seen in Hawaii in the 1840s, and spread throughout the South Pacific in the 1850s-60s.
    True False

Multiple Choice

1. Monarchs crossed the:
   1. Pacific Ocean
   2. Atlantic Ocean
   3. Indian Ocean
   4. Arctic Ocean
2. It is possible that they crossed the Ocean by:
   1. swimming
   2. flying
   3. ship
   4. hovercraft
3. Monarch butterflies can fly over _____ km in their migration.
   1. 2,200
   2. 4,000
   3. 1,500
   4. 500
4. The four distinct stages of Monarchs include: egg, _____, pupa and adult
   1. larva
   2. worm
   3. child
   4. kid
5. ____ circulating within the body trigger the changes that occur during metamorphosis.
   1. Vitamins
   2. Plasma
   3. Hormones
   4. Proteins
6. It takes Monarchs about a _____ to go through the stages of egg to adult.
   1. year
   2. month
   3. week
   4. day
7. The hard outer shell surrounding the egg is called the:
   1. trichion
   2. chorion
   3. glass
   4. armor
8. When the caterpillar becomes to large, it's skin _____.
   1. gets thicker
   2. gets thinner
   3. molts
   4. stretches
9. The intervals between molts are called _____.
   1. lanterns
   2. instars
   3. replacements
   4. gestations
10. The larvae has three distinct parts: Head, _____, and abdomen.
    1. thorax
    2. pre-abdomen
    3. middle
    4. mid-section