ACROSS 1. About 40-25 million years ago, there were ____ species of penguins. 4.

The little or ____ penguins are the smallest penguins. 5. What Adelie penguins steal from each other to give to their mates. 10. The _____ penguins are the largest penguins. 11. Only ____ penguins are truly antarctic. 12. Inside a penguin's beak, there are ____ that keeps food moving in one direction. 13. Emperor penguins balance their eggs on their _____. 16. Penguins only live in the ______ hemisphere. 18. The emperor and king penguins lay ____ egg. 19. There are currently about _____ penguin species in the world. 20. Penguins like to go on feeding trips in _____ groups. 21. A penguin ____ while it molts and when they incubate an egg. DOWN 1. What a penguin cannot do that most birds can do. 2. Penguins are mainly _____ birds, not polar birds. 3. The ______ penguin is an endangered penguin. 6. Penguins send _____ to featherless parts of their bodies to cool off. 7. A bird that steals and eats penguin eggs and chicks. They are also called "seabirds of prey". 8. Before a penguin chick becomes an adult, it ____ its downy coat. 9. Penguins usually attack prey from ___, so they have eyes above their beak. 12. One of the main predators that attack penguins. 14. Penguins have the greatest _____ range experienced by any group of birds. 15. Emperor penguins breed and incubate their eggs during the _____ in Antarctica. 16. A penguin is considered this kind of bird. 17. Penguins _____ to get across ice faster. 19. The main three things in a penguins diet are fish, ____, and crustaceans.

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