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Pennsylvania Owls

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An adaptation of a barn owl is
a)
Short tail feathers for a quick change in direction
b)
Short legs for maximum speed
c)
Specialized feathers for a silent flight
d)
Long wingspan to hit rodents
2.
What is in the pellet owls spit up?
a)
a live animal that the owl couldn't fit in its mouth
b)
extra grass it ate 
c)
food for its owlets
d)
fur and bones from eating an animal whole
3.
Where do Snowy owls live?
a)
England 
b)
in tundra
c)
forest 
d)
hawail  
4.

Which owl is our best mouse catcher and our most nocturnal?

a)

Short Eared Owl

b)

Screech

c)

Saw Whet

d)

Long Eared

5.

Which owl has a call that is most like a dove?

a)

Barn Owl

b)

Short Eared

c)

Long Eared

d)

None of these

6.

This owl is called the Marsh owl.

a)

Long Eared

b)

Saw Whet

c)

Short Eared

d)

Screech

7.

What does Dichromatic mean?

a)

That the owl eats at night

b)

The owl has 2 color phases

c)

The owl hunts during the day

d)

The owl copies other bird movements

8.

Which owl is our fiercest owl?

a)

Snowy

b)

Great horned

c)

Screech

d)

Long Eared

9.

This owl is hunted by other owls that are bigger.

a)

Saw Whet

b)

Elf

c)

Screech

d)

Short Eared

10.

Our most vocal owl.

a)

Screech

b)

Barred

c)

Saw Whet

11.

What is another name for an owl pellet?

a)

Barf

b)

Droppings

c)

Castings

d)

Bone collector

12.

What is the family of barn owls called?

a)

Strigidae

b)

Formidae

c)

Tytonidae

d)

Owladae

13.

What are the 2 reasons Owls call?

a)

Territory and singing

b)

Mating and territory

c)

Warning and voice practice

14.

What can be found in a pellet?

a)

bones, and waste

b)

bones, fur , and vomit

c)

bones, fur, and teeth

d)

bones, hay and claws

15.

How does an owl kill its prey?

a)

By swallowing it alive

b)

Using its feathers to beat it to death

c)

Hearing

d)

talons to grab and kill it or bite it with a beak

16.

This owl has a color phase is grey and reddish. Grey is the most common phase.

a)

Long Eared

b)

Shore eared

c)

Screech

d)

Barn

17.

What 2 types of vision do owls have?

a)

Night and Xray

b)

Binocular and Diurnal

c)

Night and Binocular

d)

Straight and Dark

18.

Which owl is the monkey-faced owl?

a)

Barred

b)

Barn

c)

Screech

d)

snowy

19.

What is digested and used for energy when an owl eats?

a)

Bones and fur

b)

guts and tendons

c)

teeth and liquids

d)

eyes and claws

20.
a)
Barn Owl
b)
Great Horned Owl
c)
Barred Owl
d)
Screech Owl
21.
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped
a)
Commensalism
b)
Parasitism
c)
Mutualism
d)
Competition
22.
how far can they turn there heads
a)
360 degrees
b)
270 degrees
c)
90 degrees
23.

Which owl says "who cooks for you, who cooks for you all"?

a)

barn owl

b)

great horned owl

c)

screech owl

d)

barred owl

24.

This Owl is nicknamed the ghost owl.

a)

Snowy

b)

Saw Whet

c)

Screech

d)

Long Eared

25.

Sharp talons help owls ______________.

a)

catch and kill prey.

b)

wade through streams to find fish.

c)

scratch the ground to find seeds and insects.

d)

run and climb to find prey.

26.

Which powerful predator is capable of rotating its neck 270 degrees?

a)

Bald Eagle

b)

Great Horned Owl

c)

Barn Swallow

d)

Red-Shouldered Hawk