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=**Hi! My name is Capri. The animal I chose for science is...**= =**The Atlantic Puffin!!! Enjoy! ;)**= =__Info__= = ** The Atlantic Puffin is very small the average fully grown adult is only 10 inches tall! ** = =__Definitions of Classifications__=
 * __ Food Chain __**
 * It is a carnivore, it only eats small fish like herring or sand eels. **
 * The average life span for the atlantic puffin is 20 years. **
 * It only weighs 17.5 oz (500 g) **
 * Its wing span is only 47 to 63 centimetres. **
 * Kingdom: || Animali ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Aves ||
 * Order: || Charadriiformes ||
 * Family: || Alcidae ||
 * Genus: || //Fratercula// ||
 * Species: || //**F. arctica**// ||
 * Animalia=Animal
 * Chordata=The spinal chorde is located down your back
 * Aves=Bird
 * Charadriiformes=Large diverse order of aquatic birds foundalong sea costs and inland waters
 * Alcidae=Webbed footed diving seabirds of northern seas
 * Fratercula=Puffins
 * F. artica= Scientific name for the Atlantic puffin


 * Blue=Breeding range
 * Black=Southern extent of summer range
 * Red=Southern extent of winter range
 * Baby Atlantic Puffin! **


 * __ Task 1. __**

=The four characteristics for the Atlantic Puffins are they have more than one different cell, they have webbed feet,they have black and white feathers, they have a colourful beak and they have a triangluar shape above their eyes.= =They grow, when they are born their very small, but then they start growing and growing and eventually they get to the adult size.= =They reproduce, by making more and more puffins so that their race can continue on.= =They respawned, if you push them lightly they will start to tip but then they will shift to regain their balance.=
 * a. Explain your Living Thing in terms of the four characteristics... **



The puffins meet their needs for ~ air: they are land animals so that means that they can breath water: they can fly which means that they are able to get to a water source faster shelter: they build nests and they can hide in caves or under rocks food: they catch small fish with their beaks
 * b. How does your LT meet its needs for air, water, shelter and food? **

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Puffin Video!!!