Peregrine falcon: Built to Survive

Question 1 · multiple choice

A camera trap is being set for a Peregrine falcon. Which habitat description gives it the best chance of success?

lowland tropical forest, swamp forest, and forest clearings humid tropical forest canopy cliffs, coasts, open country, and tall city buildings rocky shores and coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands

Question 2 · multiple choice

A Peregrine falcon follows its usual feeding pattern. Which food combination should it seek?

dead plant material processed with cultivated fungus small to medium antelopes, hares, and ground birds selected eucalyptus leaves mostly medium-sized birds captured in flight

Question 3 · multiple choice

When should a documentary crew expect the most natural activity from a Peregrine falcon?

hunts by day, often when flying prey is active often travels at dusk and night but can be active at any time travels and feeds in cooler periods but tolerates daytime heat feeds mainly in daylight by ambushing drifting prey

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which set of movements belongs to a Peregrine falcon?

trots efficiently for long distances and sprints during a hunt dives in a high-speed stoop and strikes or grabs prey walks with a pacing gait on broad two-toed feet swims upright with a rapidly fluttering dorsal fin

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which body feature gives a Peregrine falcon a practical survival advantage?

exceptionally strong jaws can pierce tough shells and skull bones large shoulder glands release potent defensive toxins nostril structures manage airflow while a third eyelid protects the eye a soft twisted abdomen fits inside empty snail shells

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which family-life detail is accurate for a Peregrine falcon?

the female feeds unfertilised eggs to tadpoles placed in tiny pools lays a small number of large eggs that develop slowly females drop eggs to the ground and can reproduce without males eggs are laid on a simple scrape without a built nest

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which social clue belongs to a Peregrine falcon?

pairs defend cliff or building territories forms loose groups whose membership can change frequently family colonies maintain lodges, dams, and food stores mostly solitary and communicates with colour and posture

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which food-web connection correctly involves a Peregrine falcon?

decomposes wood and builds nutrient-rich soil patches regulates populations of flying birds in natural and urban habitats selects vulnerable prey and becomes food for scavengers when kills are stolen recycles nutrients from eucalyptus foliage and browses tree canopies

Question 9 · multiple choice

A Peregrine falcon cannot simply disappear. Which combination helps it avoid or survive danger?

uses chest beats, displays, and group protection before physical conflict freezes, blends with foliage, and uses claws if seized uses altitude, speed, talons, and alarm calls dives, clings to rocks, and uses spines and teeth when cornered

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A peregrine falcon city skyscrapers can substitute for cliffs and pigeons can substitute for wild prey.

True False