GLC 3.14–15 / Review

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Each type of butterfly has a particular wing pattern.

• type

• wing

• butterfly

• pattern

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Thousands of tiny scales cover a butterfly's wing.

• scales

• wing

• thousands

• cover

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The scales make designs in certain shapes and colors.

• shapes

• colors

• designs

• scales

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I showed the class a picture of a monarch's butterfly's wing.

• picture

• class

• wing

• showed

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The bodies of monarch butterflies contain a certain chemical.

• butterflies

• bodies

• chemical

• certain

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This poisonous chemical gives predator birds an illness.

• illness

• predator

• chemical

• birds

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As a result, birds avoid butterflies with the monarch's wing patterns.

• birds

• butterflies

• patterns

• result

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Several types of butterflies imitate the monarch.

• types

• several

• butterflies

• monarch

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Many butterflies display the colors and patterns of rocks or plants.

• rocks / plants

• colors / patterns

• colors

• rocks

• patterns

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Therefore, a predator cannot see these butterflies against their surroundings.

• surroundings

• butterflies

• predator

• therefore