Mr. Vazquez’s Science Homework

PERIOD 3 EARTH SCIENCE – NO HOMEWORK

PERIOD 2 TRANSITIONS SCIENCE  – ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW

PERIOD 4 MS-D SCIENCE – ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW

PERIOD 5 LIFE SCICENCE – ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW 

 

_____ 15. By the time the egg hatches the father will have spent over _________ days without food.

1. 1. A100                                  B. 125                                    C. 150

_____ 16. The emperor penguin can hold their breath for over ________ minutes.

1. 1. 1. 1. 10                      B. 15                             C. 20

_____ 17. Which one of these animals is a predator of the emperor penguin?

1. 1. 1. The polar bear       B. The killer whale                C. The leopard seal

_____ 18. What is different about the mother penguin’s third trip to the breeding grounds?

1. They take a different route       B. It is in the dark             C. It takes less time

_____ 19. How does the father feed the baby to keep it alive for a day or two while they wait for the mother to arrive back at the breading ground?

1. He coughs up a milky substance and feeds it to the baby penguin
2. The baby feeds off the father by licking its underbelly
3. The chick does not eat until the mother gets back

_____ 20. How do the male and female penguins find each other when the female returns?

1. The female penguin trumpets (or calls) to the male and waits for her mate to call back.
2. They walk around looking for each other until they find each other
3. The chick can detect the mother’s scent and when it smells the mother it walks toward her

_____ 21. How will the chick and the father find each other when the father returns?

1. They learn each other’s scent
2. They will sing to each other
3. They can recognize the pattern of each other’s feathers

_____ 22. Every year, some mother penguins that lost their chick will respond by

1. walking back to the sea.
2. dying from depression.
3. trying to steal another mother’s chick

_____ 23. When the mothers return back to sea to feed again, who watches the chicks?

a.No one                  b. The father                 c. The chicks go back to sea with the mother

_____ 24. How do the chick and the father find each other?

1. The father just picks any chick to take care of
2. The father looks at the pattern of chicks fur to find his chick
3. The fathers circles the newborns until he hears his chicks call

 

_____ 25. How do the parents feed the chick for the next several months?

1. The parents take turns traveling back and forth to get food and bring it back for the chick.
2. The father hunts while the mother watches the chick.
3. The mother hunts while the father watches the chick.

 

_____ 26. After nine months of working together to raise the chick, what happens to the family?.

1. The parents stay together, but they leave the chick.
2. The family all goes their separate ways.
3. The mother and chick live together in a tribe while the father lives separately.

 

_____ 27. How do the chicks learn to swim?

1. Instinct, they naturally know how to do it.
2. Their mother teaches them.
3. Their father teaches them.

 

_____ 28. How long will the chicks live at sea before they start the march of the penguins for the first time?

1. 2 years              b . 3 years                             c. 4 years

 

_____ 29. What breed of penguin is this movie is about?

A. Galileo        B. Emperor                 C. Long Neck

30. What is the title of the documentary you watched?