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Reading 2: Butterflies

Butterflies go through four main life stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), chrysalis, and butterfly. As a caterpillar, it eats voraciously and sheds its exoskeleton multiple times as it grows. In the chrysalis stage, the caterpillar liquefies into a "soup of living cells" and reorganizes into a butterfly. Most butterflies only live a few weeks to mate and lay eggs before dying, but some, like the Monarch, can survive for months.

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Reading 2: Butterflies

Butterflies go through four main life stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), chrysalis, and butterfly. As a caterpillar, it eats voraciously and sheds its exoskeleton multiple times as it grows. In the chrysalis stage, the caterpillar liquefies into a "soup of living cells" and reorganizes into a butterfly. Most butterflies only live a few weeks to mate and lay eggs before dying, but some, like the Monarch, can survive for months.

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CENTRO DE

READING 2 IDIOMAS

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Course code: 20INS0430N N° of Students: 36 Date: October 27th, 2020
Topic / Units: Natural history / Unit 6
I. READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE

Butterflies
Butterflies are some of the most interesting insects on the planet Earth. There are more
than seventeen thousand different kinds of butterflies! Butterflies come in all shapes and
sizes. Butterflies go through four main stages of life. The first stage is the egg stage
followed by the larva stage. As a larva, or caterpillar, the future butterfly eats as much as
possible. As it grows, it sheds it outer skin, or exoskeleton. This may happen four or five
times. After a few weeks, the caterpillar enters the next stage of its life, the chrysalis stage.
In the chrysalis, the caterpillar will liquefy into a soup of living cells. Then, it will
reorganize into a butterfly and the metamorphosis is complete. In later parts of the
chrysalis stage, you can see the forming butterfly through the chrysalis. When the butterfly
emerges from the chrysalis, it pumps its wings to send blood through them so that it can
fly. Most butterflies only live a couple of weeks, just enough time to drink flower nectar
and to mate. Some, like the Monarch Butterfly, however, may live many months.

1.) Which of the following is NOT true?


A. Butterflies must wait until blood drains into their wings before flying.
B. The butterfly may shed its skin 8 or 9 times
C. Caterpillars turn into a liquid in the chrysalis
D. Most butterflies live a short time
2.) In what stage does the metamorphosis happen?
A. Butterfly
B. Caterpillar
C. Chrysalis
D. Egg
3.) Which is true?
A. There are about a thousand different kinds of butterflies in the world.
B. There are more than a thousand different kinds of butterflies in the world.
C. There are less than a thousand different kinds of butterflies in the world.
D. There is only one kind of butterfly in the world.
4.) Why does the butterfly shed its skin?
A. It is hungry
B. The butterfly is coming
C. It is growing
D. To defend itself against predators
5.) What is the second stage of life fora butterfly?
A. Larva
B. Chrysalis
C. Butterfly
D. Egg

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