Feathers: Not Just for Flying

a set of connecting things

• prey

• system

• brittle

very easily broken

• system

• brittle

• prey

an animal hunted by others for food

• prey

• contour

• bristle

short and rough

• bristle

• contour

• system

related to the shape or outline of something

• system

• contour

• bristle

The lion stalked its ______ for hours before it finally caught it.

• contour

• prey

Stiff _________ feathers around a bird's eye act like eyelashes.

• bristle

• system

_________ feathers cover most of a bird's body, and they give the bird its shape and colors.

• Contour

• prey

My nails are __________, so they break at least once a week.

• system

• brittle

Last year in science class we learned about the Solar _________. My favorite planet is Saturn.

• system

• contour