Practice sheet – Natural Fliers

                                                          

                                                     Practice sheet – Natural Fliers

Q1 Which ability in birds makes them different or special from other animals?

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Q What features of bird’s body help them to fly?

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Q 3 Do all the birds have wings?

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Q 4 Do all birds fly?

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Q 5 What is the role of feathers? OR How do feathers help the birds?

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Q 6 Do birds have teeth?

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Q7 What information do we get from the shape of a bird’s beak?

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Q 8 For what purpose do birds use their beaks

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Q 9 How many feet do birds have?

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Q 10 How many toes are there on each foot?

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Q 11 What do pointed wings indicate about the bird?

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Q 12 What type of wings do the high flying birds have?

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Q 13 What type of wings do the birds have that fly low around trees?

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Q 14 Name some flightless birds.

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Q 15 What holds the feathers together and in place?

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Q 16 Name the hard material that the shaft is made up of.

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Q 17 How many types of feathers do birds have?

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Q 18 Which parts of the bird’s body is covered with the contour feathers?

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Q 19 What is the function of the body feathers?

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Q 20 Name the feathers that are found underneath the contour feathers.

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Q 21 What are the functions of the down feathers?

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Q 22 What are flight feathers?

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Q 23 Where are the flight feathers located on the bird’s body?

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Q 24 Why are the feathers that are located on wings called flight feathers?

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Q 25 Name the feathers that help the bird in landing, flying and lifting.

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Q 26 Which feathers protects the skin and provides warmth to the body?

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Q 27 Which feathers are also known as body feathers?

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Q 28 What is shaft?

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Q 29 How is the beak useful to the birds?

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Q 30 Which type of beak is perfect for breaking the seeds?

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Q 31 What is the shape of a cracker beak?

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Q 32 Which birds have shredder beak?

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Q 34 How does the sunbird sip nectar from a flower?

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Q 35 What type of beak do the water birds have?

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Q 36 What type of beak do the geese have?

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Q 37 Which bird has a long probing beak?

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Q 38 What do the birds like eagle eat?

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Q 39 Which type of birds have short, hard, strong, thick and cone shaped beaks?

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Q 40 What do the birds that have sharp, strong and curved beaks eat?

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Q 41 What types of beak the nectar drinking birds have?

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Q 42 What is the structure of a strainer beak?

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Q 43 What type of beak helps the birds to bore holes into hard tree trunk?

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Q 44 What do the hummingbirds feed on?

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Q 45 How does the beak of woodpecker help it to catch small insects?

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Q 46 What type of beak does a peacock have?

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Q 47 What type of beak does a vulture have?

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Q 50 What type of beak does a crane have?

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Q 51 What are talons?

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Q 52 What are the positions of toes in the climbing feet?

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Q 53 What type of feet helps the peacock to scratch the soil?

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Q 55 Which bird has only two toes?

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