Migration

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/migration

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name (monarch butterfly)?Danaus plexippus
2. What is the distance (arctic tern)?Approximately 44,000 miles (70,000 km) annually
3. Why do animals migrate?Animals migrate to find food, escape bad weather, and reach good breeding spots, helping them survive and reproduce.
4. How do birds like the Arctic Tern travel so far?The Arctic Tern flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic each year, using the sun, stars, and Earth's magnetic field to navigate and staying in daylight for feeding.

Anadromous: Describes fish that migrate from saltwater to freshwater to spawn.
Magnetoreception: The biological ability to detect the Earth's magnetic field for navigation.
Remittances: Money sent by migrants back to their home countries.
Cosmopolitanism: The ideology that all people belong to a single community, based on shared values.