Activity G7: What do Black Petrels Look Like?

Great Barrier Island Activity

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Teacher Manual P 30

Science Level 4

Making Sense of the Living World

Created 15/09/2001

AO1 - Students can investigate and classify closely related living things on the basis of easily observable features.

SLO - Students will be able to classify black petrels by their appearance.

Read the page Black Petrel facts.

1.

Insert the correct word describing black petrels

 

Black petrels have ______________ feathers.

 

The feathers are __________________ to keep them dry.

 

They have a _______________ nose and a hooked bill to help them when they dive for food.

 

Their feet are ____________.

2.

Use the clues above to sketch a black petrel

 

Black Petrel

3.

The bill and feet of the black petrels have a number of uses as they feed at sea and live the forest. Describe these in the table below.

 

 

Black Petrel use their feet to:

Black Petrel use their bills to:

Ocean Habitat

 

 

Forest Habitat

 

 

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