African Penguins The topic of my report is african penguins who are also known as black footed penguins . I chose this topic because through out my life i have seen penguins only in Antarctica which made me wander how can they survive on islands. The main characteristics are that they are 26-27 inches in height and there weight is 4-11 pounds. There back is colored black and there front is colored white which has a black stripe. They have large black beak and feet. They sound
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Fossils and Penguins Actions for ’Fossils and Penguins’ I have always loved fossils‚ and the discovery of what the fossils bring to us today‚ so I thought I would find out some information about fossils. I found an article about fossils and penguins. I love penguins and find them unique and interesting. Australia has a fossil record of penguins as far back as the Eocene period‚ which is the second Epoch period of the Tertiary period‚ between Paleocene and Oligocene Epochs which is 33.9 to 56 million
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Aim: to design an experiment that investigates the effectiveness of huddling in penguins (using test tubes as penguin models) Materials: 1x Bunsen burner 1x gas tubing 1x heat proof mat 1x gauze mat 1x tripod 2x large beaker (250ml) 500ml of water 13x test tubes 2x rubber bands stop watch Method: 1. Set up the Bunsen burner on top of a heat proof mat underneath a tripod and gauze mat. 2. Fill a 250ml beaker with water up to about 180-200ml then put onto of the gauze mat and
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than 40‚000 penguins injured. When people heard about it they came to help. In the passage “The Amazing Penguin Rescue” a lot of people came to help capture the penguins that were covered in oil to help them. They took them in a warehouse and had to force feed the penguins by prying their beaks open and shoving dead fish down there throat. After the people cleaned them and earned their respect they put the penguins back where they were. The people saved more than 40‚000 penguins but there was
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winter for many years penguins had to face some of the harshest climate changes in Antarctica; This alone will be the cause of functional adaptation and the start of evolutionary changes. These changes added to the challenges which they endured each winter for survival. These penguins would walk miles to get to the nesting grounds a place where it was safe for them to mate and live with their nuclear family. The nesting grounds was miles away from the shore end so penguins would have to go months
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can’t penguins fly? Why can’t penguins fly? This is a question that has been asked ever since the discovery of the majestic bird that has the inability to fly. Well the only thing to blame would be the penguins themselves since they adapted to stop flying and start swimming. Another frequently asked question is “why can’t penguins swim and fly”? All of these questions will be answered in this essay. Why did penguins adapt to to swimming instead of flying? One answer to this is that penguins have
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The convergence in external morphology of sharks‚ penguins‚ and porpoises is attributed to selection pressures that are common to these groups Genes that are located on the same chromosome are all of these An incompletely dominant gene controls the color of chickens so that BB produces black‚ Bb produces a slate-gray color called blue‚ and bb produces splashed white. A second gene controls comb shape‚ with the dominant gene R producing a rose comb and r producing a single comb. If a pure-breeding
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Teacher’s notes LEVEL 4 PENGUIN READERS Teacher Support Programme Evening Class Maeve Binchy group‚ their lives are transformed as the story develops. All characters have problems and issues to resolve‚ and manage to do so by the end of the story‚ which culminates in a trip to Italy. Chapter 1: Aidan‚ a teacher at Moutainview School‚ is undergoing a difficult time. His wife‚ Nell‚ and his daughters‚ Grania and Brigid‚ are becoming distant. The position of Principal at school‚ which he expects
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The history of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers are intertwined from the very beginning of their entrance into the league. Both the Penguins and the Flyers became part of the next wave of teams to enter the NHL in 1967‚ and both teams are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary this year. On February 8th‚ 1966‚ the Penguins paid today’s equivalent of $18.7 million to become part of the NHL‚ and on April 4th‚ 1966 the Flyers held a contest to determine a team name after a complicated
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Cleaning up after the Apollo Sea Introduction The species Spheniscus demersus‚ more commonly known as South African penguins‚ also called Jackass penguins‚ have fallen victim to the negligence of oil carriers. The population of South African penguins has decreased from 3 million to less than 150‚000 in the past century (Singer 2000). The cause of this unfortunate decrease in population are the many oil spills near southern Africa‚ with the first oil spill occurring in 1948 (Whittington 1999).
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