Animals
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By the Numbers
Destinations
Which Migration?
100
This is the type of migration that a Herring Gull or the American Kestrel does.
What is differential migration?
100
These are the directions that most birds migrate.
What is north to south?
100
This is the number of years that a sea turtle might spend in the ocean after it hatches.
What is 20-50 years?
100
This is the destination of the monarch butterfly.
What is Mexico?
100
Zooplankton participate in this type of migration.
What is diel vertical migration?
200
These are the two flyways that have an east to west migration pattern.
What are the Mediterranean Flyway and East African Flyway?
200
This is the number of times that the snake migration in Shawnee National Forest takes place each year.
What is two?
200
This is where humpback whales birth and rear their calves.
What is Hawaii?
300
This is the type of migration that the American Robin does.
What is partial migration?
300
Some species of fish use these two navigation skills.
What are magnetic fields and smell?
300
This is the length of time that the longfin eel might live in freshwater rivers or streams.
What is up to 100 years?
300
This is the landmark that birds use to help them migrate north and south.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
This is the type of migration that an animal uses in order to survive.
What is obligate migration?
400
This is the type of migration that the Arctic Tern does.
What is complete migration?
400
These are three animals that participate in the Great Migration.
What are wildebeests, zebras, elephants, and gazelles? (any three)
400
This is the number of miles that the ruby-throated hummingbird might migrate (each direction).
What is 900?
400
This is where 120 million red crabs go when they all migrate.
What is Christmas Island by Australia?
400
These are the two types of facultative migrations.
What are partial or interruptive?
500
This is the number of bird species that migrates.
What is about 1800?
500
These are the animals that have the longest migrations - total, on land, in the ocean.
What are the Arctic tern (total 22,000 miles), caribou (700 miles on land), and the northern elephant seal (13,000 miles in the ocean)?
500
This is the number of miles that the humpback whale migrates.
What is 2500?
500
These are the two countries that the glider dragonfly goes between.
What are India and Africa?
500
This is the type of migration that is dependent upon the availability of resources.
What is facultative?
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