Wandering albatross: Clues from Nature

Question 1 · multiple choice

Choose the habitat that best matches the everyday needs of a Wandering albatross.

open Southern Ocean and remote breeding islands grasslands and lightly wooded savannas forests and wetlands, increasingly also towns and cities tropical forest, cliffs, caves, and buildings

Question 2 · multiple choice

A scientist analyses food remains from a Wandering albatross. Which result is most likely?

snails, crabs, clams, and other hard-shelled prey squid, fish, and carrion taken from the sea surface fruit, seeds, carrion, and varied organic food mostly hoofed mammals, with smaller prey and carrion

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which time-use clue would fit a Wandering albatross rather than the other choices?

active by day with much time spent foraging and socialising may be active by day or night depending on temperature and people travels day and night, resting on the ocean active by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement pattern makes sense for the body design of a Wandering albatross?

climbs, knuckle-walks, and can travel efficiently on the ground walks on its knuckles to protect long front claws hops and climbs low vegetation uses dynamic soaring to cross huge distances with little flapping

Question 5 · multiple choice

What specialised feature helps a Wandering albatross solve an everyday survival problem?

very long narrow wings harvest energy from wind gradients above waves electroreceptors in the bill detect tiny muscle signals from hidden prey raises the front body and spreads a narrow hood to warn threats smell helps adults recognise chemical cues from their home river

Question 6 · multiple choice

A field diary describes the early life of a Wandering albatross. Which entry is correct?

females bury eggs in nests and can sometimes reproduce without a male one chick is raised slowly after a lengthy incubation gives birth to live young developing from eggs retained inside the mother a female provisions an underground brood ball for one developing larva

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which relationship pattern is normal for a Wandering albatross?

mostly solitary, using visual dances during courtship usually solitary outside breeding and cub-rearing periods pairs maintain long bonds and reunite with ritualised dances mostly solitary, marking large overlapping territories

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which ecosystem job can be connected to a Wandering albatross?

controls hard-shelled reef invertebrates recycles fallen fruit and carrion on islands changes prey movement and leaves carcasses for scavengers connects distant ocean food webs and brings marine nutrients to islands

Question 9 · multiple choice

What protection strategy best matches a Wandering albatross's body and behaviour?

relies on flight and distance from land predators bites and kicks while the herd bunches vulnerable young together climbs, hides, growls, and uses sharp teeth when cornered drops its tail, bites, and gives loud warning calls

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A wandering albatross can circle ocean basins while spending years mostly away from land.

True False