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Quiz about All About Albatrosses
Quiz about All About Albatrosses

All About Albatrosses Trivia Quiz


Albatrosses are a type of bird and this is a quiz about them. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by zebra101. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
zebra101
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
334,662
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
346
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Question 1 of 10
1. There are four genera of albatrosses. Which of these is one of them? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of these is true when it come to an albatross's breeding? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Albatrosses have the largest wingspan of all birds.


Question 4 of 10
4. Albatrosses are seabirds so they eat the basic seafood, such as squid, fish, and crustaceans. But when worse comes to worse, which of these have they been known to eat? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Of the 22 species of albatross, three are known to live exclusively in the North Pacific. Which of these is not one of the three? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Do albatrosses mate for life?


Question 7 of 10
7. At about the age of five, what happens to albatrosses? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is another name for the wandering albatross? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. According to the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, seeing an albatross is a good omen for sailors.


Question 10 of 10
10. Chatham albatrosses lay their eggs in which months? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. There are four genera of albatrosses. Which of these is one of them?

Answer: All of these

The fourth genus is Phoebetria (Sooty albatrosses). There are 22 species of albatrosses. There are two species in the Phoebetria genus, the sooty albatross and the dark-mantled sooty albatross. They are darker in color.
2. Which of these is true when it come to an albatross's breeding?

Answer: They gather in large colonies during the breeding season.

Albatrosses gather on remote islands during the breeding season. One of the threats to albatrosses is the loss of places for the birds to breed. They usually only come to land to breed and spend most of their life at sea.
3. Albatrosses have the largest wingspan of all birds.

Answer: True

Albatross's wingspans can be up to eleven feet. They can fly up to about 140 km/h. They can fly great distances. They are the largest birds that can fly.
4. Albatrosses are seabirds so they eat the basic seafood, such as squid, fish, and crustaceans. But when worse comes to worse, which of these have they been known to eat?

Answer: Carrion

When their main food supply is low, albatrosses have been known to eat carrion, or dead animals. They also will eat zooplanktons when they can't get what they normally eat.
5. Of the 22 species of albatross, three are known to live exclusively in the North Pacific. Which of these is not one of the three?

Answer: grey-headed albatross

Short-tailed albatrosses, black-footed albatrosses, and Laysan albatrosses live in places such as Hawaii, Japan, California, and Alaska. Waved albatrosses breed in the Galapagos Islands and feed in South America, which means they do not live exclusively in the North Pacific.
6. Do albatrosses mate for life?

Answer: Yes

Yes, albatrosses do mate for life. They meet while doing a mating dance. Albatrosses mate about every two years.
7. At about the age of five, what happens to albatrosses?

Answer: They reach sexual maturity.

Although they reach sexual maturity at age five, they usually don't breed until they are seven to ten years old. It takes about a year for the chick to develop. Albatrosses can live to the age of thirty.
8. What is another name for the wandering albatross?

Answer: snowy albatross

Wandering albatrosses live on islands in the Antarctic, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They are in the genus Diomedea. They start their lives darker in color and get whiter with age.
9. According to the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, seeing an albatross is a good omen for sailors.

Answer: True

The poem says that killing an albatross will cause a curse. In the poem the albatross is symbolized as the Christian soul. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was written between 1797 and 1798.
10. Chatham albatrosses lay their eggs in which months?

Answer: September-October

Their chicks hatch from November to December. Chatham albatrosses live from the Chatham Islands in New Zealand to South America. As of 2010, they are considered vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Source: Author zebra101

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