The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
The Great Auk: An Extinct Species
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Backbone Puzzle: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Auk</strong><br />
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3 i<br />
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7 m<br />
8 c<br />
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10 o<br />
11 i<br />
12 e<br />
13 k<br />
14 i<br />
1. At risk. (8)<br />
2. Describes the walk of the great auk. (4)<br />
3. Name of the nesting population. (5)<br />
4. <strong>The</strong> seventeenth letter of the alphabet.<br />
5. Welsh word meaning “white patch around eyes”. (3)<br />
6. Number of eggs laid by a great auk female. (5)<br />
7. <strong>Auk</strong>s were collected to be used as these in museums. (10)<br />
8. <strong>The</strong>se individuals, working for museums, also caused the extinction of the auk. (10)<br />
9. This area of the great auk was largely white. (3)<br />
10. <strong>An</strong> animal that hunts another animal for food. (3)<br />
11. Occurs when no individuals of a species exist. (1)<br />
12. Birds with wings but do not fly. (2)<br />
13. <strong>The</strong>se native people hunted the auk and collected its eggs for food. (6)<br />
14. One of the reasons often cited for extinction of a animal species. (12)<br />
This french explorer first noticed the value of the great auk for sailors: ___________________________<br />
© Prepared by Jim Cornish, Gander, Newfoundland, 2003. -9-
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