All About Turkeys

All About Turkeys

Turkey Beginnings and Basics

Multiple Choice

Do you think there are more types of turkeys than the 4 mentioned in the passage?

• yes

• no

Multiple Select

What three places could you find turkeys today?

• Europe

• Antarctica

• United States

• Mexico

• Africa

Poll

Would you want to tame a turkey?

• yes

• no

Turkey Facts and Families

Multiple Choice

What is the name for a male is called a________?

• jenny

• tom

• hen

• poult

Multiple Choice

What is the name for a female turkey?

• tom

• hen

• poult

Multiple Choice

What is a baby turkey called?

• tom

• hen

• poult

Multiple Choice

Do all turkeys have a wattle on their neck area?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

All turkeys have the thick plumage of feathers in colorful layers and designs?

• true

• false

Poll

Do you think some people assume turkeys cannot fly?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Do male or female turkeys have more feathers?

• male

• female

Not an average bird

Multiple Select

Male turkeys communicate by

• chirping

• clucking

• gobbling

• singing

Multiple Select

Chirping is a form of communication done by ?

• toms

• hens

Multiple Choice

Turkeys are intelligent, sensitive and very social.

• true

• fals

Wattles and Snoods

Turkeys at Night

Poll

Do you think think turkeys would sleep well on the ground?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Are turkeys ________?

• omnivore

• herbivore

• carnivore

Multiple Select

What are a few of the turkey's predators?

• coyotes

• humans

• foxes

• chickens

• airplanes

Multiple Choice

Turkeys are social creatures.

• true

• false

America Loves Turkeys

Multiple Choice

Who thought that the turkey should have been the national bird of the United States?

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Poll

Do you think that the turkey or the eagle should have been chosen as the national bird for the United States?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

Americans eat about _______ turkeys a year.

• 20 pounds

• 200 pounds

• 200,000 pounds

• 200 million

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