WorksheetsBirds - HHS
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the 2 uses of bird feathers?
a)
grooming and flight
b)
fighting and warmth
c)
warmth and grooming
d)
flights and warmth
2.
Which adaptation does not allow birds to fly?
a)
Hollow Bones
b)
Modified front limb into a wing
c)
Enlarged Kidney
d)
Air Sacs
3.
Which of these structures helps birds get enough oxygen to fly?
a)
heart
b)
feathers
c)
air sacs
d)
lungs
4.
Which class has organisms with feathers?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Aves
d)
All of them
5.
Which class has organisms that exhibit sexual dimorphism?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Aves
d)
All of them
6.
Which class has organisms with a hard egg shell?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Aves
d)
All of them
7.
Which class has organisms that are tetrapods?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Aves
d)
All of them
8.
Which class has organisms are endotherms?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Aves
d)
All of them
9.
Which of the following have three chambered hearts?
a)
Aves and Crocodiles
b)
Amphibians and Aves
c)
Reptiles and Aves
d)
Amphibians and Reptiles
10.
What is the difference between an endotherm and an ectotherm?
a)
Endotherm's body temperature changes with the environment and ecotoaherm's remain constant
b)
Ectotherm's body temperature changes with the environment and endotherm's stay constant
c)
Both ectotherm's and endotherm's have fluctuating body temperatures.
d)
Both endotherms and ectotherms have constant body temperatures.
11.
What is the term for male and female species looking different from one another?
a)
parthenogenesis
b)
oogenesis
c)
sexual dimorphism
d)
asexual metamorphism
12.
What is the process in which females produce fertilized eggs without the input of a male gamete?
a)
Meiosis
b)
Spermatogenesis
c)
Embryogenesis
d)
Parthenogenesis
13.
Which organ grinds food for a bird?
a)
aorta
b)
lungs
c)
gizzard
d)
digestion
14.
Which phylum includes birds
a)
Chordata
b)
Reptilia
c)
Vertebrata
d)
Aves
15.
provides insulation for a bird
a)
down feathers
b)
Flight feathers
c)
Contour Feathers
d)
Tail Feathers
16.
egg that includes a shell, yolk, and embryo
a)
amniotic
b)
ectotherm
c)
endotherm
d)
gizzard
17.
Why do scientists believe birds developed from reptiles?
a)
the look similar
b)
have 3 chambered hearts
c)
lay amniotic eggs
d)
are ectotherms
18.
Preening is how a bird...
a)
keeps its eggs warm
b)
cleans & repair feathers
c)
sheds feathers
d)
mates
19.
Birds of Prey have
a)
large wings
b)
talons & curved beaks
c)
perching foot
d)
precocial babies
20.
What upward force is necessary for birds to fly?
a)
gravity
b)
pressure
c)
lift
d)
wind
21.
Birds that hatch and are well developed are....
a)
altricial
b)
precocial
c)
prepared
d)
flightless
22.
What is the first stage of the life cycle of birds?
a)
Grown Bird
b)
Baby Bird
c)
Egg
d)
birdpole
23.
What is the correct sequence for the life cycles of birds?
a)
Egg, Baby Bird, Grown Bird.
b)
Baby Bird, Egg, Grown Bird.
c)
Grown Bird, Baby Bird, Egg.
24.
I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, and am endothermic (warm-blooded). What am I?
a)
birds
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
amphibians
25.
The feathers of a bird that are next to a bird's skin and keep them warm are the_____________
a)
contour feathers
b)
down feathers
c)
flight feathers
d)
tail feathers
26.
All birds have___________.
a)
teeth
b)
long legs
c)
heavy bones
d)
beaks
27.
As a baby chick develops inside the egg, the amount of yolk ____.
a)
increases
b)
decreases
c)
stays the same
28.
used to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide
a)
lungs
b)
aorta
c)
pulmonary vein
29.
A duck has what type of beak
a)
probing
b)
straining
c)
sipping
30.
Scooping beaks are unique because
a)
it can get bigger and drain out water
b)
it can drill into wood
c)
it can crack open nuts and seeds
31.
A striking beak is also known as
a)
sip and dip beak
b)
chisel beak
c)
stab and grab beak
32.
Cracking beaks are used for
a)
tearing apart prey
b)
probing into sand for worms
c)
cracking nuts and seeds
33.
A drilling beak belongs to a
a)
hummingbird
b)
wood pecker
c)
eagle
34.
What class of the Chordate phylum do birds belong to?
a)
Vertebrata
b)
Chordata
c)
Aves
d)
Urochordata
35.
Why do birds build nests?
a)
caring for the young
b)
attracting a mate
c)
A place to shed
d)
socialization
36.
What physical feature helps determine the diet of the bird?
a)
feet
b)
feathers
c)
beak
d)
sternum
37.
Why do birds eat more than reptiles or amphibians
a)
Birds have a higher metabolism
b)
Reptiles are lazy
c)
Birds are better at catching food
d)
Reptiles and amphibians don't like to eat
38.
What single characteristic is specific to only Aves?
a)
beaks
b)
claws
c)
nests
d)
feathers
39.
Which class of chordates produces a hard calcium shell to house their embryos?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptilia
c)
Aves
d)
Mammalia
40.
Biologists think that feathers have evolved from what?
a)
scales
b)
armour
c)
fur
d)
gills
41.
A birds nearly hollow bones help it to
a)
store extra oxygen
b)
deliver oxygen to its cells
c)
be lightweight in the air
d)
defend itself against predators
42.
Which classes of animals are endotherms?
a)
Birds and Reptiles
b)
Birds and Mammals
c)
Reptiles and Mammals
d)
Mammals and Amphibians
43.
What is the powdery form of nitrogenous waste that aves excrete?
a)
urine
b)
uric acid
c)
ammonia
d)
ammonium
44.
feathers that give a bird its color and a smooth surface for flying
a)
contour
b)
down
c)
gizzard
45.
lower chamber in the heart
a)
aorta
b)
ventricle
c)
pulmonary vein
d)
atrium
46.
What two traits do birds and reptiles share?
a)
both have beaks
b)
scales & 4 chambered heart
c)
both are ectotherms
d)
scales and shelled egg
47.
Brooding is how birds....
a)
lay eggs
b)
keep eggs warm
c)
clean themselves
d)
get mad
48.
Birds use crops for....
a)
grinding food
b)
setting on eggs
c)
storing food
d)
getting rid of wastes
49.
The birds _____grinds food in the digestive system.
a)
crop
b)
stomach
c)
gizzard
d)
intestine
50.
Birds with exception night vision, talons and a sharp beak are...
a)
perching birds
b)
song birds
c)
flightless birds
d)
birds of prey
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