Sherlock Bones Virtual Owl Dissection Quiz

What is an owl pellet?

• The undigested remains of an owls last meal

• The digested remains of an owls last meal

• The undigested remains of an owls first meal

The pellet is a mass of insects, fur, feathers, and _______ formed into a regurgitated pellet.

• skin

• bones

• feet

• wings

True or False: The owl gags up what it does not require for nutrition and energy.

• True

• False

True or False: Pellets are uncommon to all birds of prey that swallow their food whole.

• True

• False

Other species that produce pellets include grebes, herons, cormorants, gulls, turns, kingfishers, crows, _______, swallows, and most shorebirds.

• cardinals

• jays

• hummingbirds

• parrots

_______ owl pellets are the main pellet of choice because the owl eats its prey whole therefore producing a pellet that contains one or more remains of its prey.

• Barn

• Snowy

• Great Horned

• Long-Eared

True or False: Owl pellet dissections help us learn about food chains, food webs, and skeletal bone structure.

• True

• False

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What type of owl pellets are more difficult to study and dissect?

• Barn Owl

• Snowy Owl

• Great-Horned Owl

• Long-Eared Owl

The Great-Horned Owl survives on larger prey like _______, skunks, and more.

• rabbits

• racoons

• turtles

• fish

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True or False: The Great-Horned Owl has to break the bones of its prey in order to ingest it and get the nutrients it needs to survive.

• True

• False