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Beginner Activities: Birds

1.	Can you describe how a bird flies? (Choose any answers that apply.)
	Birds take off. Birds fly with twists and turns. Birds soar and dive. Birds land without help.

2.	Everything about a bird is designed for what? (Check the correct answer.)
	Running. Eating seeds. Laying eggs. Flight.

3.	What two things do ALL birds have in common? (Check the correct answer.)
	All birds have feathers and live in a hurry. All birds fly and lay eggs. All birds have feathers and can swim.

4.	How does a bird's breathing and heart rate compare to other animals? (Check the correct answer.)
	They are slower. They are faster. They are more erratic. They are the same.

5.	True or false? Birds are warm blooded. This means that their body temperature changes even in differing climates or temperatures.
	True. False.

6.	Do all birds have wings and fly? (Check the correct answer.)
	All birds have wings and all birds fly. Some birds do not have wings and cannot fly. All birds have wings but not all birds fly.

7.	Which of these things do birds eat? (Check all answers that apply.)
	Seeds. Small animals. Wood. Insects. Fruit.

8.	What are some of the useful things that humans get from birds? (Choose any answers that apply.)
	Feathers for pillows and clothing. Gelatin to make preservatives. Eggs and meat for food protein. Birds are nice company as pets. Ideas for aerodynamic designs.

9.	True or False? Some birds do not have feathers.
	True. False.

10.	Are feathers weak or strong? (Check the correct answer.)
	Feathers are flexible but very weak. Feathers can move fast but they are not very strong. Feathers are light but very strong.

11.	True or false? Large flight feathers appear to grow all over a bird but really they grow in certain lines called feather tracks. In between the flight feather tracks is fluffy down.
	True. False.

12.	The shape of the wing of a bird is made by what? (Choose one answer.)
	The wing is shaped by the wind. The wing is shaped by the bird's beak. The wing is shaped by the feathers.

13.	The tail of a bird helps the bird to steer and brake. It is like which of these? (Choose one answer.)
	A flying machine. A feather. A rudder. A vane.

14.	Other animals have jaws and teeth but birds get their food with what? (Choose one answer to fill in the blank.)
	Their teeth. Their laws. Their beaks. Their feet.

15.	What are the biggest flying birds today? Hint: They weigh about 32 pounds and are 4 feet long! (Choose one answer.)
	The American Golden Eagle. The Roc from the Arabian Nights. The Great Bustard of Europe and Australia. The ostrich from the veldts of Africa.

16.	True or false? Birds have bones that are hard and very thick.
	True. False.

17.	Do birds have a lot of muscles? (Choose one answer.)
	Yes, even small birds need lots of muscles to rise in the air. No, especially birds that just walk on the ground like penguins. No, birds need less muscles because many of their bones are "glued" or fused together.

18.	What are the bird's biggest muscles? (Choose one answer.)
	Its flight muscles. Its leg muscles. Its tail muscles. Its eye muscles.

19.	What do the flight muscles of a bird have to do? (Choose one answer.)
	Lift the bird into the air. Help the bird run away from predators. Help the birds with hunting.

20.	Are the eyes and hearing of birds very weak? (Answer yes or no.)
	Yes. No.

21.	How is oxygen taken into the body of a bird? (Choose one answer.)
	Through the wing feathers. Through the lungs. Through the bloodstream. Through the beak.

22.	What are next to the lungs of birds so that birds never run out of breath? (.Choose one answer)
	There are blood cells next to the lungs. There are air sacs next to the lungs. There are combustion cells next to the lungs. The heart is next the the lungs.

23.	Is the temperature of a bird higher or lower than a human's temperature? (Choose one answer.)
	Higher. Lower. Just the same. It varies.

24.	Which of these are ways that an ocean fishing bird catches fish? (Check all answers that apply.)
	They skim the water surface for fish. They run along the water. They dive from the surface of the water. They dive from 100 up in the air.

25.	What is nature's best flying machine? (Choose one answer.)
	An airplane. An insect. A kite. A bird.

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