Afiya

Afiya

Hi Mrs. Konik

If I were eating lunch with Albert Einstein, I would ask him what inspired you to be so interested in math and science, if you ask questions do you learn more, what made you be a scientest, could you ever ask too many questions?,

__Owl Pellets__ Owl pellets are created by an owl __regurgitating__ the fur and bones of the __organism__ it ate which forms a pellet. The owl only __digests__ the meat of the animal.Owl pellets are not the waste product because before the owl __regurgitates__ the pellet, the pellet is stored in a special stomach for about 6-8 hours. As I was __dissecting__ my owl pellet I was looking for types of bones to find out what animal an owl ate. The most common __organism__ that was found in the owl pellets was the meadow __vole__ (field mouse). That tells us that the owl's diet is mostly the meadow __vole__, but they eat other animals too. I found two skeletons in my owl pellet because the owl didn't eat just one animal it ate two. The __habitat__ of my animal would probably be a grassy field or a meadow because I had a meadow __vole__. I think the habitat of the __vole__ and owl overlap because they are all in the same __ecosystem__ and __biosphere__ which is Earth. The owl __community__ would also decrease if the rodent __population__ decreased because the owls feed on the rodents, and that is their main source of food. The __apex predator__ is the top animal on a food chain. I think the __apex predator__ is good and bad. It is good because it gets rid of over populated animals, and animals that are harmful to other __organisms__ such as people. I also think it is a little bad because the __apex predator__ could eat too many of an __organism__ and make it endangered or even extinct! Also, it could get rid of a species of an __organism__ that might be a helpful or useful such as insects. I hope the barn owls don't get endangered or even extinct!

__Interesting facts about barn owls__
 * They live in every continent except Antarctica
 * They are 14 in. tall
 * They weigh 20 oz.
 * Their wing span is 44 in. that is almost 4 feet
 * =The females are larger=
 * A barn owl's eggs are layed about two days apart
 * They use their owl pellets for a nest
 * It takes about 75 days for a young owl to leave its nest
 * The average life span is 3 years, but it could be 1