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Owls and Birds of Prey

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this?

a)

Bald Eagle

b)

Osprey

c)

Red-Tailed Hawk

d)

Turkey Vulture

2.

What is This?

a)

Barred Owl

b)

Trumpeter Swan

c)

House Sparrow

d)

Crow

3.

What is This?

a)

Great Horned Owl

b)

Screech Owl

c)

Sandhill Crane

d)

Robin

4.

What is This?

a)

Northern Saw-Whet Owl

b)

Turkey Vulture

c)

Screech Owl

d)

Starling

5.

What is This?

a)

Red-Tailed Hawk

b)

Turkey Vulture

c)

Bald Eagle

d)

House Sparrow

6.

...

a)

Pigmy owl

b)

Barred owl

c)

Barn owl

d)

Eastern screech owl

7.

Great Horned Owl

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Pigmy owl

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Downy Woodpecker

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

red-headed woodpecker

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

yellow-bellied sapsucker

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Herbivore

a)

a consumer that eats other animals only

b)

a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

c)

a consumer that eats plants only

d)

how an organism's body part is used

13.

Carnivore

a)

a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

b)

a consumer that eats other animals only

c)

a consumer that eats plants only

d)

an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its food

14.

Producer

a)

a consumer that eats other animals only

b)

how an organism’s body part is used

c)

a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

d)

an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its food

15.

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.

16.

Which organism in the food web is a producer?

a)

caterpillar

b)

owl

c)

leaves

d)

skunk

17.

Snowy owls have extra thick feathers. What is their function?

a)

to make them look smaller

b)

to provide insulation from the cold

c)

to help them see their prey

18.

Which organism in the food web is an herbivore?

a)

owl

b)

bobcat

c)

squirrel

d)

hawk

19.

Consumer

a)

a body part that helps an organism survive in its environment

b)

an organism that must eat to get energy

c)

a behavior that is inherited

d)

an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its food

20.

_________ is the source of energy for a food web.

a)

A spider

b)

An animal

c)

A plant

d)

The Sun

21.

In this food chain, the lemming and the snowy owl are consumers.

a)

True

b)

False

22.
In the winter, the birds will __________ to a warmer climate.
a)
migrate
b)
hibernate
c)
tropical
d)
habit
23.
An owl is nocturnal and is what kind of animal?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
human
d)
snake
24.
What can this animal do?
a)
swim
b)
walk on ice
c)
fly
d)
tell jokes
25.
A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.
a)
shelter
b)
tree
c)
habitat
d)
organism
26.
A habitat is a specific place that an animal lives.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Why do owls need to hunt at night rather than the day?
a)
There is less competition.
b)
They have special adaptions to hunt in the dark.
c)
It is easier to fly around unseen.
d)
All of the above.
28.
An owl is is considered to be a raptor or _______________.
a)
mammal
b)
bird of prey
c)
cold blooded
d)
reptile
29.
Owls catch their prey in their:
a)
talons
b)
beaks
c)
wings
d)
none of the above
30.
An owl chews its food.
a)
true
b)
false
31.
Because they cannot digest fur, bones, or feathers, they regurgitate a
a)
seed
b)
stone
c)
pellet
32.
Other things that can be found in pellets are:
a)
flesh and organs
b)
dirt, sand, and rocks
33.
Owls live on every continent except:
a)
South America
b)
Africa
c)
Antartica
34.
They live in places such as:
a)
trees
b)
mines
c)
barns
d)
All of the above
35.
The pellet is found on:
a)
the ground where owls live
b)
in high places
36.
You can discover what an owl has eaten by dissecting an owl pellet and recovering the prey's:
a)
skull
b)
teeth
c)
leg bones
d)
all of the above
37.

How many teeth do birds have?

a)

25

b)

18

c)

0

d)

10

38.

Most owls hunt at night and sleep during the day, meaning they are...

a)

Raptors

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Nocturnal

39.

Which of the following animals does an owl generally NOT eat?

a)

Shrew

b)

Rat

c)

Rabbit

d)

Vole

40.

Which animals are prey for the owl?

a)

field mice

b)

small birds

c)

squirrels

d)

all of the above

41.

What would happen to the rodent population if owls disappeared?

a)

Other predators would move in to prey on rodents.

b)

The rodents would have a party.

c)

The rodents would over-populate.

d)

The rodent population would shrink.

42.

Organisms that get energy by eating only other animals are called __________.

a)

omnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

carnivores

d)

producer

43.

How many individual owls are there in the world?

a)

over 200 million

b)

about 200 thousand

c)

about 1 million

d)

less than 200

44.
The major senses an owl uses in locating prey are:
a)
Vision and Hearing
b)
Hearing and Smell
c)
Smell and Taste
d)
Vision and Touch
45.

What are owls covered with?

a)

Fur

b)

Feathers

46.

An animal that is hunted, killed, and eaten by other animals

a)

nocturnal

b)

predator

c)

gizzard

d)

prey

47.

How far can they turn their heads?

a)

360 degrees

b)

270 degrees

c)

90 degrees

48.

If owls didn't cough up a pellet they would die.

a)

true

b)

false

49.

How long after eating does an owl regurgitate?

a)

about 6 hours

b)

every week

c)

about 24 hours

50.

How many mice can a barn owl eat in a year?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

1000

d)

1,000,000

51.

What is a wild owl's life expectancy?

a)

10 years

b)

2 years

c)

100 years

d)

15 years

52.

What is a baby owl called?

a)

owlet

b)

owlster

c)

owlen

d)

owchie

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