Activity G6: Features of Brown Teal

Great Barrier Island Activity	Teacher Manual P 28 Science Level 3 Making Sense of the Living World Created 15/09/2001	AO1 -Students can use differences and similarities in external characteristics to distinguish broad groups of living things. SLO - Students will be able to use visual clues to identify a Black Petrel from other animals. © Heurisko Ltd www.learnz.org.nz/2001

Read the page Brown Teal Facts.
1.	a)	Where and when do brown teal feed?
	b)	What types of food do they eat?
	c)	Why are they called omnivores?
	d)	What special features do brown teal have to help them catch their food?
2.	Circle the types of habitat brown teal prefer
	sheltered beaches open water fast-flowing rivers wetlands still or slow-flowing water kauri forests sand dunes sedges and reeds pastureland
3.	a)	Describe the type of feet brown teal have.
	b)	How do these type of feet help them to survive?