Owl Background Info and Vocab Quiz

An owl chews its food with its teeth.

• true
• false

Owls live on every continent except:

• South America

• Africa

• Antarctica

• Australia

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

• mammal
• predator bird

• cold blooded
• reptile

Most owls hunt at night and sleep during the day, meaning they are...

• Raptors

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Nocturnal

Which of the following are the three main animals an owl will eat? Mark the three correct answers.

• Shrew

• Deer Mouse

• Adult Rabbit

• Vole

• Eagle

Why do owls make owl pellets?

• So we can dissect them

• To gross out their friends

• Because they can't digest bones and fur

• Because they're warm-blooded

Which of these birds produce pellets like owls do?

• Eagle

• Robin

• Duck

• Gold Finch

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

• 1

• 2-4

• 3-6

• 5-8

To tear or rip into pieces.

• Diastema

• Dismember

• Nocturnal

• Gizzard

A wide gap or space in the teeth

• Dismember

• Diastema

• Gizzard

• Plummage