Owls
Insects
Endangered Species
Anatomy
Miscellaneous
100
Strigiformes
What is the name of the order of owls?
100
Arthropoda
What is the phylum that insects belong to?
100
Conservation status
What is the likelihood of a species continuing to survive in the future?
100
Compound eye
What is made up of hundreds of hexagonal facets?
100
Preening
What is straightening and cleaning feathers to keep them in good working order?
200
Parliament
What is a group of owls together?
200
Entemology
What is the study of insects and related arthropods?
200
Extirpation
What is local extinction and occurs when a species no longer exists in one area but still survives elsewhere?
200
Thorax
What is the body part that the six legs and wings are attached to?
200
Barred Owl
What has rings around their eyes on a pale face, big brown head, and males and females look the same?
300
Acute hearing, excellent vision, silent flight, camouflage, strong talons, sharp beaks
What are adaptations owls have to be successful hunters?
300
Metamorphosis
What is the process of transformation in appearance from an immature to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
300
Habitat Destruction
What is the process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present?
300
Abdomen
What contains the digestive system, heart and reproductive system?
300
Moth
What uses silk to create cocoons, is stout and fuzzy, has subtle or dull colors, and is nocturnal?
400
Great Grey Owl
What is the largest North American Owl?
400
Orthoptera
What is the order of insects that includes grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and locusts?
400
Invasive species
What is any species (plant or animal) that begins to spread rapidly in a place where it did not naturally evolve?
400
Sclerotic Ring
What is the rings of bones found around the eye of an owl?
400
Monarch Butterfly
What is the state insect of Illinois?
500
Elf Owl
What is the smallest owl in the world?
500
Stridulation
What is the noise created by rubbing one body part against another?
500
Poaching
What is illegally hunting species that have something of value?
500
Rostrum
What is the hooked structure used for eating, grooming and defense?
500
31 species
What is the number of Illinois species on the IUCN Red List and US ESA list?
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