Animal Migration

How does an animal prepare for migration?

• The animal plays until it gets tired

• It finds shelter

• The animal eats lots of food and stores it as fat

Animals and insects migrate because:

• they are lost.

• they are looking for food.

• they are old.

• they are looking for a new home.

Monarch caterpillars migrate to ____________ in the Fall.

• Mexico

• Italy

• Hawaii

• France

Which animal is most likely to migrate?

• Canadian Geese

• Grizzly Bear

• Raccoon

• Skunk

What do animals do when they migrate?

• They sleep all winter

• They live in a pond

• They move from one place to another

• They study birds

How do monarch butterflies migrate for the winter?

• They fly north into outer space

• They use their wings to fly south

• They fly south on a plane

• They follow a map and go west

Birds might use the sun and the earth's magnet to migrate. What can you say about birds?

• Birds use things in nature to help them migrate

• Birds get lost a lot

• Birds hate the sun

• Birds fly in circles

Example of an animal that migrates south for the winter. 

• dinosaur 

• whale

• rhino

• cheetah

Where would a goose fly for the winter?

• A warmer place

• A zoo

• A school

• A Birdhouse

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What does migration mean?

• The activity performed by animals to hunt for food.

• The travels fish always do in summer to breed the baby.

• The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

• Squeaks move from lab to kitchen