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From Eggs to Butterflies
How Does a Population Grow?
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A female monarch butterfly can lay hundreds of eggs. If every egg survived, the monarch population could grow to a billion butterflies in only four generations. Use this slideshow to explore the essential question:

Essential Question
What limiting factors keep the monarch population from growing exponentially?

 

 

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