Owl Pellet Dissection

Owl Pellets 2022

Science Hands-on Ecology Lab

What do you know about owls and owl pellets?​

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Owl Pellets 2022 Science Hands-on Ecology Lab 2022

Science Hands-on Ecology Lab

​The video explained about the owl and showed what we will do with the pellet.​

--Let's talk about the owl pellet before we get started.

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Owl Pellets 2022 Science Hands-on Ecology Lab 2022ge

Science Hands-on Ecology Lab

Complete the top of your Lab Report (Day 1)

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​Measurements (cm):

Length:

Width:

Weight:​

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​After you draw the inside of the pellet, answer questions in complete sentences.

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​(Use the Bone Sheet to identify bones.)

Put your owl pellet in the Baggie with your group information

and we will finish tomorrow.

• Make sure you have finished the top part of the Lab Report

• Make sure you have sketched the outside of the Owl Pellet

• Make sure you have sketched the inside of the Owl Pellet if you got this far

• Make sure Owl Pellet is secure in baggie for tomorrow.​

• Leave all supplies in tray (Blue tweezers, magnifying glasses, identification sheets and toothpicks - These will be used by all classes.)​

Owl Pellet Ecology Hands-on Lab

Let's finish our Owl Pellet Investigation. (Day 2)

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First let's do a quick review!

Can you answer these questions about the Owl Pellets?​

Owl Pellet Ecology Hands-on Lab

Multiple Choice

An owl is is considered to be a raptor or _______________.

• mammal
• bird of prey
• cold blooded
• reptile

Multiple Choice

Owls catch their prey in their:

• talons
• beaks
• wings
• none of the above

Multiple Choice

An owl chews its food.

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

Because they cannot digest fur, bones, or feathers, they regurgitate a

• seed
• stone
• pellet

Multiple Choice

The pellet is found:

• on the ground where owls live

• in high places

Let's finish our Owl Pellet Investigation. (Day 2)

• Make sure you have finished the top part of the Lab Report

• Make sure you have sketched the outside of the Owl Pellet

• Make sure you have sketched the inside of the Owl Pellet

• Continue the Owl Pellet Investigation​

• Make sure you complete all questions and write in complete sentences.

Owl Pellet Ecology Hands-on Lab

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​After you draw the inside of the pellet, answer questions in complete sentences.

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​(Use the Bone Sheet to identify bones.)

Multiple Choice

You can discover what an owl has eaten by dissecting an owl pellet and recovering the prey's:

• skull
• teeth
• leg bones
• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Which of these birds produce pellets like owls do?

• Eagle

• Robin

• Duck

• Gold Finch

Multiple Choice

About how many pellets does an owl produce in one day?

• 1-2

• 2-4

• 3-6

• 5-8

Multiple Choice

Why do owls cough up the pellet?

• they can't digest it

• they don't like the taste of it

• they are too full

• to scare other birds

Multiple Choice

Name these bones.

• Vertebrae

• Femurs

• Radius

• Ribs

Multiple Choice

Why do owls need to hunt at night rather than the day?

• There is less competition.
• They have special adaptions to hunt in the dark.
• It is easier to fly around unseen.
• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Other things that can be found in pellets are:

• flesh and organs
• dirt, sand, and rocks

Multiple Choice

The process of energy being captured by plants from the sun and then transferred from one organism to the next in the food chain is called __________.

• food flow

• energy flow

• nutrient flow

• water flow

Multiple Choice

What do we call organisms that eat other living things in order to get energy?

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• processors

Multiple Choice

Organisms that get energy by eating only other animals are called __________.

• omnivores

• herbivores

• carnivores

• producer

Multiple Choice

All food chains begin with energy received from the __________.

• rain

• moon

• sun

• soil

Multiple Choice

In the following diagram, the arrows show the transfer or flow of __________ from one organism to another.

• energy

• water

• eggs

• air

Multiple Choice

A food web is __________.

• a system of carnivores

• a web of plants

• a system of animals

• a system of overlapping food chains

Multiple Choice

If one animal in a food chain dies, that will __________.

• affect all the animals in the food chain

• affect few of the animals in the food chain

• affect only the plants

• not affect any other animal