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Today• Those absent Thur. Or Fri.: SEE ME!

• How did Thurs. & Friday Go?

• Owl Pellet Grades

• Human Skeletal Quiz Make-ups or Retakes TODAYat lunch!

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Table of Contents thru #13?• Continue Riddles and stuffed animals

16-line rhyming riddle

Needs to describe your animal

without giving away what animal it is!• Get riddle checked

• Hand in 1) Research 2) Riddle 3) Stuffed animal

by the end of today!



Missing Skeletal Quizzes

• Adelaido

• Ashlie

• Sam K.?

• Devante

• Markus

• Joey• Julya

• Janet



Table of Contents

1. 6

th

grade FACTS2. 7th grade FACTS

3. Essay Questions

4. Skeleton Match

5. Eyewitness Skeleton

6. Dem Bones

7. Chem Notes

8. Skeleton Quiz

9. Ecology of a Barn Owl

10. 3 owl pellet worksheets11. Owl Reading with

worksheet

12. Unit 2 Pre-assessment

13. Animal Research

worksheet



Diversity Riddles

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Riddle #1

I move slowly when I am young butvery quickly when I am an adult. I eatflying insects, which I hunt near water.I have to be a strong flyer to catch my

food. When I stretch my four wings, Ilook like a helicopter. I have two morelegs than a dog and very large eyes. Iam coldblooded and have an

exoskeleton (skeleton on the outside).Sometimes I am very colorful.

Who am I?





Riddle #2

I can walk, run, and swim. I cansee well, but my sense of smell isnot very sharp. I am warm-

blooded and very adaptable (Ican live in many environments). Ireally enjoy changing myenvironment. I care for my young

for many years. I stand upright.Who am I?





Riddle #3I must live in damp or wet places, avoidingthe dry heat of summer and the cold of winter. If I am living in a cold climate, Ibecome dormant in the winter. If I amfemale, I produce young by laying eggs inwater. I survive by eating any movingthing that I can swallow. I can sing verywell. Some of my close relatives cansecrete a sticky, white poison that can killor paralyze dogs or other enemies whomay try to eat them!

Who am I?





Riddle #4I live in lakes, marshes, salt bays, and on beaches. I eat

mostly fish and crustaceans. Although I can fly, I catchfish only by swimming. My great throat pouch is handyfor scooping up fish. I fly by alternating several flaps of my wings with a glide. I always fly with my headhunched behind my shoulders. I nest on the ground incolonies. I have a wingspan of 2 to 3 meters. My closecousins live only by the ocean, but I can venture inland.I am happy to report that these cousins are growing innumber, even though they suffered from DDT (pesticide)poisoning a few years ago.

Who am I?





Riddle #5

I have a very high body temperature. Myfeet are well adapted for graspingthings. I have four toes on each foot: twopoint forward and two point backward. Ihave stiff, spiny tail feathers that act asa prop when I hunt food. I eat tree-boring insects, ants, acorns, flyinginsects, berries, and sap. My home,which I make myself, is a hole in a tree. Iuse my bill to chisel away the wood.

Who am I?





Riddle #6

I have pointed, green stalks abovethe ground, and a rounded, brownbulb below the ground. People

must pull me out of the soil inorder for me to be useful to them.Cooks use me to improve the tasteof food. If people bite me, I bite

back by making their eyes water!Who am I?





Riddle #7

I live in cold, well-oxygenatedwater. I am a fast, strong swimmer.I am slim, sleek, and colorful. I am a

carnivore because I mostly eatinsects and small members of myown kind. I spawn my eggs during

the spring in small, clear streams. Iam cold-blooded.

Who am I?





Riddle #8

I undergo wondrous changes duringmy life. At the beginning, I am asweet-smelling, pink-and-whiteblossom. Later, I am a hard, green ball

that makes people’s eyes water andtheir mouth pucker if they try to eatme. Finally, I become a sweet, juicy,red, green, or yellow fruit. One of

these eaten a day keeps the doctoraway!

Who am I?





Riddle #9

I am a big animal. My mass is about 225kilograms. My tail is only about 15 cm long.I am dark in color. Generally, I live on forestfloors and in thickets. When it starts to getreally cold, I enter my shelter for thewinter. I do not have very good eyesight. Ido have keen senses of hearing and smell.Those senses help me find lots of food. Ilove small animals, insects, garbage,

leaves, grasses, berries, fish, nuts, andfruit.

Who am I?







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