Birds
Mammals
Sea Turtles
Guess the Animal
Removing Oil
100
When birds adjust their feathers using their bills, it is called this.
What is preening
100
A sea otter may ingest oil when they eat fish or this prey item.
What is a mollusk.
100
Baby sea turtles are called this.
What is hatchlings.
100
This animal has lot's of feathers which helps them to stay waterproof in water.
What is a bird.
100
After an oiled animal is washed, they are put in a pen to what?
What is dry.
200
Birds can accidentally ingest oil when they eat this.
What is fish.
200
Fur seals and sea otters rely on this to keep them waterproof.
What is thick fur.
200
Sea Turtles may accidentally eat these clumps of oil, thinking they are food.
What is tar balls.
200
This animal may get oil inside of it through its gills.
What is a fish.
200
Workers usually wait at least this long to wash animals.
What is 48 hours.
300
Another name for a bird's bill.
What is beak.
300
When a marine mammal's skin comes into contact with oil, this may happen to their skin.
What is receive burns and skin irritation.
300
A turtle is a mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian.
What is a reptile.
300
This egg laying animal has a hard shell to protect it.
What is a sea turtle.
300
Animals must be this before release. Hint: has to do with their feathers or fur.
What is waterproof.
400
When the bird becomes wet and cold it is called this.
What is hypothermic.
400
Sea lions and true seals have a thick layer of this to keep them warm.
What is blubber.
400
Where sea turtles put their eggs to keep them safe.
What is in underground nests.
400
This playful mammal has thick fur to keep it warm in the water and it likes to eat mollusks.
What is a sea otter.
400
A full physical exam is done on each animal at this part of the rescue process.
What is intake.
500
When oil gets on bird's feathers, these lose the ability to stay dry and warm in the water, also called this.
What is waterproof.
500
The name of the group of marine mammals that contains whales and dolphins.
What is cetaceans.
500
Workers do this to unhatched sea turtle eggs, to keep them safe during an oil spill.
What is relocate the eggs.
500
This animal spends all its time in the water, but still needs to come to the surface for air, just like its close relative the whale.
What is a dolphin.
500
These three things are done to animals during stabilization.
What is warmed, fed, and hydrated.
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