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Butterfly Conservation
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Butterfly
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
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What are the threats facing butterflies today?
Climate Change
Is climate change a threat to butterflies? Yes. Changes in our climate, caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, are harming butterflies.
Monarch butterflies, which migrate between North America and Mexico, are especially affected. As extreme weather becomes more common, monarchs may be killed or driven off course by heat, drought, fires, severe rains, winds, or floods.
As the planet warms, many North American butterflies are moving north or higher into the mountains. One species, Edith's checkerspot, was once common across the western United States. At many sites in southern California, this species has become locally extinct. Populations are more stable in Canada, and in mountains such as the Sierra Nevada.
Habitat Loss
Human activities, such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can all damage areas where butterflies live. The widespread use of pesticides also threatens butterflies' lives.
The Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) butterfly became extinct in the early 1940s, after cities expanded in northern California.
Supporting Butterflies
In some areas, butterfly species that declined in the 1900s are more plentiful now. Biologists, conservation groups, and other organizations have been supporting their revival by protecting and managing open areas, growing more of the plants the butterflies feed on, and in some cases, raising endangered butterflies and releasing them into the wild.
You can help butterflies by planting your own butterfly garden and giving butterflies more opportunities to eat, rest, and reproduce.
This text is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
© 2024 American Museum of Natural History. All rights reserved. Used by Permissio
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Read the following sentences from the text.
“Human activities, such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can all damage areas where butterflies live. The widespread use of pesticides also threatens butterflies' lives.
The Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) butterfly became extinct in the early 1940s, after cities expanded in northern California. ”
What conclusion can you draw from this evidence? Audio
Some butterflies can come back after they are extinct. Audio
The Xerces blue butterfly was named after a city. Audio
Recreation has the least negative impact on butterflies. Audio
Human activities can cause animals to go extinct. Audio
abc
Passage
Vocabulary Activity
Questions
Butterfly Conservation
Speed
Butterfly
Alvaro Keding/© AMNH
ButterflyAudio
What are the threats facing butterflies today?
Climate Change
Is climate change a threat to butterflies? Yes. Changes in our climate, caused by burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, are harming butterflies.
Monarch butterflies, which migrate between North America and Mexico, are especially affected. As extreme weather becomes more common, monarchs may be killed or driven off course by heat, drought, fires, severe rains, winds, or floods.
As the planet warms, many North American butterflies are moving north or higher into the mountains. One species, Edith's checkerspot, was once common across the western United States. At many sites in southern California, this species has become locally extinct. Populations are more stable in Canada, and in mountains such as the Sierra Nevada.
Habitat Loss
Human activities, such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can all damage areas where butterflies live. The widespread use of pesticides also threatens butterflies' lives.
The Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) butterfly became extinct in the early 1940s, after cities expanded in northern California.
Supporting Butterflies
In some areas, butterfly species that declined in the 1900s are more plentiful now. Biologists, conservation groups, and other organizations have been supporting their revival by protecting and managing open areas, growing more of the plants the butterflies feed on, and in some cases, raising endangered butterflies and releasing them into the wild.
You can help butterflies by planting your own butterfly garden and giving butterflies more opportunities to eat, rest, and reproduce.
This text is provided courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History.
© 2024 American Museum of Natural History. All rights reserved. Used by Permissio
3
Read the following sentences from the text.
“Human activities, such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can all damage areas where butterflies live. The widespread use of pesticides also threatens butterflies' lives.
The Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) butterfly became extinct in the early 1940s, after cities expanded in northern California. ”
What conclusion can you draw from this evidence? Audio
Some butterflies can come back after they are extinct. Audio
The Xerces blue butterfly was named after a city. Audio
Recreation has the least negative impact on butterflies. Audio
Human activities can cause animals to go extinct. Audio
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Based on the evidence provided in the text, the conclusion that can be drawn is:
**Human activities can cause animals to go extinct.**
The text specifically states that human activities such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can damage areas where butterflies live and highlights the extinction of the Xerces blue butterfly due to urban expansion. This implies that human interventions have detrimental impacts on butterfly populations, potentially leading to extinction.
**Human activities can cause animals to go extinct.**
The text specifically states that human activities such as logging, building, recreation, and industry can damage areas where butterflies live and highlights the extinction of the Xerces blue butterfly due to urban expansion. This implies that human interventions have detrimental impacts on butterfly populations, potentially leading to extinction.