11C

Question 1

Sea Snake Diving

Answer 1

Aerobic- 13 minutes & 20 meters
Anaerobic- average 30-45 minutes, 2 hrs max & average > 50 meters, 90 meters max

Question 2

Shorebirds

Answer 2

feed on the abundance of marine life in the intertidal zone

Range in size from sparrow to a chicken

Exhibit a variety of bell, and foot types

Question 3

Gulls and Their Relatives

Answer 3

widely distributed; most not true ocean going, stay close to land

Question 4

Pelicans and Their Relatives

Answer 4

have webs between their four toes and many have a hooked upper mandible

Question 5

Shorebirds

Answer 5

oystercatchers (family harmatopodidae) use bills to slice and pry
Plovers?
Turnstones (family charadriidae) heavy body and slightly upturned bills
Sandpipers (family scolopacidae) relatives plovers and oystercatchers; food on crustaceans and molluscs
Curlews (family scolopacidae) using long bills like forcepts to extract shellfish
Avocets (family scolopacidae) have long legs and use long upturned bills to sift side to side through the water
Stilts (family scolopacidae) have extremely long legs and use long straight bull to probe mud for food
Herons & egrets (family ardeidae) feed on small fish and crustaceans

Question 6

Gills and their relatives

Answer 6

inhabit shores and seaports
stay close to land, not selective feeders with enormous appetites

Question 7

Gulls

Answer 7

family laridae, very vocal birds…

Question 8

Terns

Answer 8

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Question 9

Skuas?

Question 10

family harmatopodidae (shorebirds)

Answer 10

Oystercatchers- use bills to slice and pry

Question 11

family scolopacidae (shorebirds)

Answer 11

Avocets- have long legs and use long upturned bills to sift side to side through the water
Stilts- have extremely long legs and use long straight bull to probe mud for food
Curlews- using long bills like forcepts to extract shellfish

Question 12

family ardeidae (shorebirds)

Answer 12

Herons & Egrets- feed on small fish and crustaceans

Question 13

Marine Mammals

Answer 13

mammals that live and feed in the marine environment

Question 14

Homeothermic

Answer 14

ability to maintain a constant body temperature or metabolism

Question 15

Mammary glands

Answer 15

milk producing glands in mammals

Question 16

Placental mammals

Answer 16

retain their going inside their body until they are ready to be born

Question 17

Placenta

Answer 17

organ found in pregnant placental mammals that sustains a young until it’s born

Question 18

Phocids

Answer 18

seals that lack external ears and are known as true seals

Question 19

Otariids

Answer 19

seals that have external ear flaps and are known as sea lions or fur seals

Question 20

Crop

Answer 20

Digestive organ, that stores food before it is processed

Question 21

Bill Size

Answer 21

Dictates the size of prey

Question 22

Feet size

Answer 22

dictates habitat that birds can access