Chickadee Winter Adaptations

Chickadees can eat upside down.

• True

• False

Chickadees have to eat all day so acrobatic abilities allow them to reach hard to reach food s______s.

Chickadees can hide food away in trees for later eating. This is known as food c_c_ing.

Chickadees can remember where they hid their food caches for up to a month. They can do this using sp__ial organization.

To help them remember where they hid their food caches, the part of the brain the is responsible for memory grows __ percent.

Does the chickadees brain shrink?

• Yes, in the spring.

• Yes, in the summer

• Yes, in the winter

• No

Chickadees can lower their body temperature at night from 42 degrees Celsius to ___

• 20 to 30 degrees Celsius

• 10 to 20 degrees Celsius

• 30 to 40 degrees Celsius

• 0 to 10 degrees Celsius

What percentage of the body weight can they gain in fat by eating each day?

Chickadees burn the body fat they gained during the day and sh__er to stay warm.

By shivering and lowering it's body temperature at night, a Chickadee can increase its survival rate by __ percent over a 3 month period.