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1. What is this passage mainly about?
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
a. how butterflies grow

b. what to feed butterflies

c. where to build butterfly houses

2. A mother butterfly lays eggs on a .

a. stone b. plant c. river 4 The pupa becomes a butterfly after two weeks.

1 A mother butterfly lays an egg on a plant.
3. How long does it take for a caterpillar to hatch from an egg?

a. 3 to 12 days b. 3 weeks c. 12 weeks
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The caterpillar changes into a pupa inside a hard shell.

4. What does a caterpillar eat to grow? 2 A caterpillar hatches from the egg after 3 to 12 days.

a. eggs b. honey c. leaves

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5. A caterpillar becomes a pupa inside a hard shell. A butterfly has a special life cycle. It starts as an egg. From

the egg, a caterpillar hatches. It eats plant leaves and grows.
6. A pupa eats a lot to grow into a butterfly.
It gets a hard shell around its body. Then the caterpillar becomes

a pupa. After two weeks , it becomes a butterfly.

Write the correct answer.

7. How does a butterfly start its life cycle?
hard weeks eats life caterpillar
It comes from an egg .

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