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English 21 Public

Review of vocabulary, concepts, and ideas from the turkey article

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What does the word native mean?

an animal or plant found naturally in a given place

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What is an omnivore?

an animal that eats both plants and animals for food

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Define diet

the food typically or usually consumed by a human or animal

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what is another word for forage?

to search (for food or supplies)

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what does it mean to prey upon something?

to hunt, catch, and eat another animal

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what is a predator?

an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals for food

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what is another word for possess?

to own, to have

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What is one way that a turkey and a chicken are the same? (be VERY specific)

females are both called hens, they both can be found on farms, they are birds that you eat, they both lay eggs, body parts you eat are called the same things

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What are TWO ways that a turkey and a chicken are different (be as specific as you can!)

Toms vs. roosters, snood and wattle (T) vs. Comb (C), there are no wild chickens, eat Turkey on thanksgiving vs. chicken all the time, Turkeys are HUGE, Sounds

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Name 3 omnivores

turkeys, pigs, humans, raccoons, bears, chickens, crows, badgers, hedgehogs, skinks, opossums,

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Name 3 Herbivores

deer, hummingbirds, horses, cows, koalas, flamingos, crabs, snails, sheep, goats, rhinoceros, giraffe,

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Name 3 carnivores

wolves, coyotes, owls, hawks, foxes, snakes, leopard, polar bear, sharks, cougar, whales,

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What was the main idea of our turkey article?

Turkeys are cool birds! Turkeys are interesting birds. Turkeys have so many interesting qualities.

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What are some things that a turkey eats for food? (name at least two)

berries, seeds, nuts, insects, frogs, and lizards

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True or False: Turkeys are native to America. They live in every state including Alaska!

False (Turkeys do not live in Alaska)

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What does a gizzard do in a turkey?

Helps to break down food by using rocks and muscles since turkeys don't have teeth.

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