Birds Ornithology

The study of birds is known as 

• Herpetology 
• Ornithology
• Entomology 
• Archaeoptry 

Zoologists have long seen the evolutionary connection between birds and what other group of animals? 

• Fish
• Amphibians
• Humans
• Reptiles 

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Which type of feather is responsible for covering and streamlining a bird's body?

• Filoplume
• Contour
• Down
• Tail

Match the following

• bald eagle

• 
• brown thrasher

• 
• Bluebird

• 
• Canada Goose

• 
• Blue jay

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• Canvasback duck

• 
• Crissal thrasher

• 
• Mourning dove

• 
• coopers hawk

• 
• cardinal

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Match the following

• great horned owl

• 
• Great blue heron

• 
• hummingbird

• 
• golden eagle

• 
• Kestrel

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• least tern

• 
• mallard duck

• 
• Pelican

• 
• osprey

• 
• purple martin

• 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Match the following

• Turkey

• 
• Blue- winged teal

• 
• Red tailed hawk

• 
• Sand hill crane

• 
• Quail

• 

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NGSS.3-LS1-1

NGSS.3-LS2-1

NGSS.3-LS3-1

NGSS.3-LS4-2

NGSS.4-LS1-1

• Crissal Thrasher

• Whooping crane

• Sandhill crane

• Least tern

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

• mallard duck

• canvasback duck

• Wood duck

• canada goose

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4