Main Idea
What is the main idea of the text?
A Pollinators are usually only working at night because the sun is too strong for them during the day.
B Pollinators do important work spreading pollen from flower to flower, which helps food grow, and people today are trying to help pollinators.
C Some pollinators, like monarch butterflies, need plants that might seem unimportant, like weeds, to do their pollinating.
D The best way to support pollinators is to plant seeds so that more weeds grow in natural areas.
Answer: B Pollinators do important work spreading pollen from flower to flower, which helps food grow, and people today are trying to help pollinators.
What work do pollinators do?
A They dig up plants and move them.
B They make sure plants are getting sunlight.
C They spread pollen from flower to flower.
D They plant seeds from flowers.
Answer: C They spread pollen from flower to flower.
What can happen if plants important to pollinators are killed?
A It could make it hard to grow food.
B Pollinators would become stronger.
C People would have more food choices.
D Plants would stop needing sunlight.
Answer: A It could make it hard to grow food.
What is nectar?
A A type of seed
B A special sugar water made by plants
C A kind of poison
D A butterfly egg
Answer: B A special sugar water made by plants
What could happen if there were no more milkweed plants for monarch butterflies?
A There would be many more monarch butterflies.
B People would spray more poison.
C Monarch butterflies would find another plant immediately.
D There might not be any more monarch butterflies to pollinate plants.
Answer: D There might not be any more monarch butterflies to pollinate plants.
Which animals can be pollinators?
A Only bees
B Only butterflies and birds
C Birds, bees, butterflies, and bats
D Only insects
Answer: C Birds, bees, butterflies, and bats
What effect do pollinators have on plants when they spread pollen?
A They make plants smaller and weaker.
B They hurt plants by taking away their pollen.
C They help plants grow bigger and stronger.
D They help plants make new seeds and fruit.
Answer: D They help plants make new seeds and fruit.
Why did the number of monarch butterflies drop?
A People stopped planting flowers.
B Many poisons killed milkweed plants.
C Monarch butterflies stopped laying eggs.
D Other insects ate the butterflies.
Answer: B Many poisons killed milkweed plants.
What plant do monarch butterflies lay their eggs on?
A Rose bushes
B Oak trees
C Milkweed
D Grass
Answer: C Milkweed
How are people helping pollinators today?
A By cutting down trees
B By planting flowers, trees, and shrubs
C By spraying more poison on weeds
D By trapping insects
Answer: B By planting flowers, trees, and shrubs