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Birds

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Zoologists have long seen the evolutionary connection between birds and what other group of animals? 
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibians
c)
Humans
d)
Reptiles 
2.
A bird with a sharp, curved, and pointed beak (like a hawk) is specialized for what food habits?
a)
Seed cracking
b)
Eating nectar
c)
Tearing flesh
d)
Spearing fish
3.
A bird with a short, thick beak (like a robin) is specialized for what food habits?
a)
Seed cracking
b)
Eating nectar
c)
Tearing flesh
d)
Straining algae and plants
4.
A bird with a long, flattened beak (like a duck) is specialized for what food habits?
a)
Seed cracking
b)
Eating nectar
c)
Spearing fish
d)
Straining algae and plants
5.

What unique characteristics are found in bird bones?

a)

They are white and thin.

b)

They are strong and heavy.

c)

They are hollow with supporting crisscross structures.

6.

These short, fluffy feathers are hold warm air close to the bird's body.

a)

fluffy feathers

b)

down feathers

c)

Flight feathers

7.

These feathers are longer and firmer to help with motion.

a)

flight feathers

b)

down feathers

c)

quill feathers

8.

Birds belong to the class

a)

Animalia

b)

Canine

c)

Aves

d)

Marsupials

9.

These flightless birds use their wings to swim underwater.

a)

ostriches

b)

penguins

c)

goslings

10.

Bird circulatory system

a)

4 chambered heart

b)

3 chambered heart

c)

2 chambered heart

11.

Since birds don't have a bladder, a bird's kidneys release its nitrogenous wastes into its ____.

a)

crop

b)

gizzard

c)

cloaca

d)

syrinx

12.

What organisms are in the order Passeriformes?

a)

Penguins

b)

Hawks, Eagles

c)

Perching Birds, Robins, Cardinals, Etc

d)

Ducks, Geese, Swans

13.

Which of the following are organisms in the order Struthioniformes?

a)

Ostriches

b)

Flamingos

c)

Hawks

d)

Ducks

14.

What other animal do birds digestive systems look like?

a)

Frog

b)

Fish

c)

Squid

d)

Earthworm