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Butterflies Are Free to Fly! Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about butterflies! I tried to make it fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by MyGirl2000. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
MyGirl2000

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
337,242

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
790

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Butterflies make up a group of the insect population. Butterflies are known for their brightly colored wings. What butterfly, common to North America, has black and orange coloring on their wings? Hint

The Painted Lady Butterfly

The Monarch Butterfly

The Morning Cloak Butterfly

The Little Wood Satyr Butterfly

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Question 2 of 10

2. Butterflies are also known for having different stages in its life cycle. What is the larval stage life form of the butterfly? Hint

the pupa

the adult butterfly

the egg

the caterpillar

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Question 3 of 10

3. What makes the wings of a butterfly colored? Hint

Butterfly wings are trachea cells

Butterfly wings are dyed when they are young

Butterfly wings are covered with pigmented scales

Butterfly wings are fuzzy

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Question 4 of 10

4. Butterflies are listed as endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. What is the main reason butterflies are becoming endangered? Hint

Spraying of all insects in cities

Loss of habitat

Collections of butterfly specimens

Consumed by other animals for food

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Question 5 of 10

5. There are approximately 28,000 different species of butterflies worldwide. What American state has the most butterfly species? Hint

California

Arizona

Florida

Texas

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Question 6 of 10

6. How do most male butterflies communicate to attract female butterflies? Hint

Through chemical signals

Through sound signals

Through visual flight

Through physical touch

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Question 7 of 10

7. What colors can butterflies see with their eyes? Hint

blue, red, yellow

yellow, red, green

orange, green, purple

black, white

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Question 8 of 10

8. What part of plants do most butterflies eat? Hint

flower petals

tree fruit

plant seeds

flower nectar

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Question 9 of 10

9. There are more butterfly species than moth species.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Butterflies breathe with their bodies through openings. What are these openings called? Hint

feet

noses

spiracles

antennae

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Butterflies make up a group of the insect population. Butterflies are known for their brightly colored wings. What butterfly, common to North America, has black and orange coloring on their wings?

Answer: The Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch butterfly is probably one of the best known butterflies in North America. It migrates from Canada to Mexico each year. It is in the Milkweed family of butterflies. The orange and black pattern on the wings is easily recognizable.

2. Butterflies are also known for having different stages in its life cycle. What is the larval stage life form of the butterfly?

Answer: the caterpillar

The larva is the active stage of butterfly reproduction. The butterfly larvae (as caterpillars) eat many leaves during this stage.

3. What makes the wings of a butterfly colored?

Answer: Butterfly wings are covered with pigmented scales

Butterflies and moths are from the classification Lepidoptera. Butterflies have pigmented scales making up the colorful wing patterns. Moths, on the other hand, have fuzzy bodies and dull colored wings.

4. Butterflies are listed as endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. What is the main reason butterflies are becoming endangered?

Answer: Loss of habitat

Many butterflies are moving to other regions of North America due to habitat loss. This is evidenced in California and other states where the habitat is ideal for feeding caterpillars.

5. There are approximately 28,000 different species of butterflies worldwide. What American state has the most butterfly species?

Answer: Arizona

Arizona has 220 different butterfly species. Therefore, Arizona has the most butterfly species in the United States.

6. How do most male butterflies communicate to attract female butterflies?

Answer: Through chemical signals

Most male butterflies produce pheromones to attract females. This is a chemical signal. There are a few, such as the cracker butterfly, which produce sound with their wings.

7. What colors can butterflies see with their eyes?

Answer: yellow, red, green

Butterflies are usually beautiful in color, but can only see yellow, red, and green due to their eye structures.

8. What part of plants do most butterflies eat?

Answer: flower nectar

Butterflies sip nectar from flowers through their straw like tongues. Some butterflies live on tree sap instead. Butterflies use a lot of energy flying looking for food.

9. There are more butterfly species than moth species.

Answer: False

There are more moth species. The moth species outnumber the butterfly species by 16 to 1.

10. Butterflies breathe with their bodies through openings. What are these openings called?

Answer: spiracles

These are called spiracles. Each spiracle has a trachea tube to carry oxygen to the body parts. Butterflies do not have noses or lungs.

Source: Author MyGirl2000

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