National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations Butterflies: Criss Cross

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Across

  • 3. Monarchs need ___ temperatures to fly.
  • 7. Each year, the monarch's migration takes several ___.
  • 9. Animals migrate in search of food or a ___.
  • 10. ___ signals monarchs to migrate.

Down

  • 1. When monarch caterpillars eat ___, it makes their skin poisonous.
  • 2. The monarchs know their migration route by ___.
  • 4. When animals travel from one region or habitat to another, it's called ___.
  • 5. Monarchs cannot fly during bad ___.
  • 6. The ___ monarchs lead the butterflies north from Mexico.
  • 8. In the fall, when it gets colder in the north, the monarchs fly ___.

Word Bank

migration
mate
female
instinct
sunlight
generations
south
milkweed
warm
weather