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SOUTHPOLE
YELLOW-EYEDPENGUIN
EMPERORPENGUIN
REGURGITATE
BROODINGPATCH
PENGUIN
ANTARCTICA
MOLTING
BLUBBER
ICE

 

SOUTHPOLE
YELLOW-EYEDPENGUIN
EMPERORPENGUIN
REGURGITATE
BROODINGPATCH
PENGUIN
ANTARCTICA
MOLTING
BLUBBER
ICE

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1.  Many birds have this around their bellies to transmit heat to their eggs. This is a patch of bare skin. (2 words)
4.  This penguin is the tallest and the fattest penguin species and has orange cheeks. It lives along the shores of Antarctica. (2 words)
5.  Many animals living in the Arctic and Antarctica have this under their skin. This is a layer of fat. Polar bears, whales, seals, and penguins all have this.
6.  This is the Earth's southernmost point, and it is on Antarctica. (2 words)
8.  All birds go through this process of replacing their old feathers with new ones. While most birds do so in small patches, penguins change their feathers all at once!
Across
2.  This is the coldest continent on Earth. It's record low temperature is -126 degrees Fahrenheit! We can find emperor penguins and Adélie penguins living along the shores of this continent.
3.  When water freezes, it becomes this.
7.  Parent penguins ____________ or throw up food bit by bit from their stomachs to the back of their throats so their chicks can eat.
9.  This is the only penguin species that likes to live alone. We can only find this penguin in New Zealand. It has yellow irises. (2 words)
10.  This bird has wings but it cannot fly. Most of them live in very cold places, such as Antarctica.

 

Answer Key
1B
2A
NTARCTICA
O
O
D
3I
C
4E
5B
IM
LNP
U
6S
GE
BOPR
BUAO
7R
EGURGITATER
8M
RHCPO
PHEL
ONT
LGI
9Y
ELLOW-EYEDPENGUIN
IG
10P
ENGUIN