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Marine Birds
Marine Reptiles
Adaptations
Penguins
General
100
The marine bird that has talons for catching fish
What is the osprey (sea hawk)?
100
The four types of marine reptiles
What are sea turtles, marine iguanas, crocodiles, and sea snakes?
100
The organ that allows both marine birds & reptiles to expel excess salt
What is the salt gland?
100
A flightless marine bird that only lives in the southern hemisphere
What is a penguin?
100
What is the only species of marine lizard?
What is the marine iguana?
200
The parent that cares for the chick in most marine birds
What are both parents?
200
Where most marine reptiles reproduce.
What is on land?
200
A feature that helps both the marine iguana and sea snake to swim
What is a flattened tail?
200
The number of penguin species
What is 17?
200
Two non-natural sources of oil in the ocean
What are tanker spills, oil well blow outs /explosions, airplanes and boats
300
TWO nesting strategies used by marine birds.
What is guano nests, stick/twig nests, no nest, floating nests, etc.?
300
Three things all reptiles have in common
What are dry scaly skin, being ectothermic (cold blooded) and laying eggs?
300
The adaptation for swimming found in sea turtles and penguins
What is flipper-like limbs (flippers)?
300
What penguins do to find their chicks when coming back from fishing.
What is vocalizations?
300
List THREE problems with fishing or aquaculture
What are overfishing, habitat damage, illegal fishing, bycatch, escapes, etc.
400
List three feeding methods used by marine birds
What are diving, skimming, grabbing with talons, scooping (pouch), poking long beak into sand, etc?
400
The type of marine reptile with a four chambered heart AND the type of marine reptile that has some species bear live young (two part answer)
What is the Crocodile (four chambered heart) and the Sea Snake (live birth)?
400
The body part that allows marine birds to waterproof their wings & the adaptation that allows birds to fly
What are the oil gland and hollow bones?
400
FOUR species of penguin.
What are fairy penguin, emperor penguin, king penguin, gentoo penguin, macaroni penguin, adelie pengion, etc.
400
Four types of organisms negatively effected by oil spills
What are marine birds, mammals, sea turtles, shellfish (mollusks & crustaceans), fish, algae ?
500
THREE different adaptations on the feet/legs of marine birds & their function (such as claws for climbing)
What are webbed feet for swimming, talons for catching fish, long legs for wading/hunting in shallow waters, etc.
500
The marine reptile that guards its nest of eggs AND the type of egg that all reptiles have.
What is the crocodile AND amniotic egg?
500
Two adaptations that penguins have that most other marine birds and reptiles do not
What are dense bones and blubber?
500
Name THREE behaviors seen in penguins AND the purpose of those behaviors.
What are bowing- for courtship, pointing- warning, preening- to waterproof feathers, lifting wings- cooling off, ecstatic display- courtship, etc.
500
List five examples of marine birds
What are cormorants, magnificent frigate bird, blue footed booby, penguins, sandpiper, common tern, common eider, etc