Penguins and Antarctica Scavenger Hunt
Click
here to find answers to the following questions.
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1. What is the name of the continent that surrounds the South Pole? |
12. To what group
of animals do penguins belong?
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| _____________________________ | ____________________________ |
| 2. Name the warmest
temperature that is ever reached in Antarctica. |
13. What is it that penguins cannot do that most of the animals in their animal class can do? |
| _______________________________ | ____________________________ |
| 3. How many different
kinds of birds live in Antarctica? |
14. Name the penguin
that is the only bird that never sets foot on dry land. |
| ______________________________ | __________________________ |
| 4. Name a bird
that cannot fly that lives in Antarctica. |
15. How can you
distinguish between Royal penguins and macaroni penguins? |
| _________________________ | __________________________ |
| 5. Are there
many or just just a few types of insects that live in Antarctica? |
16. Which is
the smallest of the crested penguins? |
| _________________________ | ___________________________ |
| 6. What is the
name of Antarctica's largest insect? |
17. Which penguin
appears to have a strap below its chin? |
| ________________________ | ____________________________ |
| 7. Name 3
insects that live in animals' fur to avoid freezing to death. ___________ ___________ |
18. Where do seals
spend most of their time? |
| ______________ | ____________________________ |
| 8. What is the most
important food source for animals such as whales, seals, and penguins? ____________________ |
19. Name the largest
seal and tell what it eats. |
| _____________________________ | |
| Describe
how it looks. _____________________ |
20. Which seals
hunt penguins? ________________________
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| 9. Which animal
do most people think of when they think of Antarctic animals? |
21.. Name the largest
whale. __________________________ |
| ____________________ | 22. How long
can the largest whale grow? _____________ |
| 10. Name the penguin
that is most common. |
23. What do these whales eat? |
| ___________________________ |
__________________________ |
| 11. Which adjective
best describes their behavior? |
__________________________ |
| ________________________ |
BONUS:
Play some penguin New
Zealand games. |
