Questão 1
Questão
Why do birds migrate?
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To find resources
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To find food
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To find nesting
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To run away from danger
Questão 2
Questão
What RESOURCES do birds in the northern hemisphere gain by flying south in the winter and north in the spring?
Questão 3
Questão
What is a FLYWAY?
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The way birds organize themselves as they fly south
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The path a bird takes during migration (migration corridor)
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A special form of flying where birds move up and down quickly during migration
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A word meaning "running away from predators"
Questão 4
Questão
Migrating birds can cover thousands of miles in their annual travels.
Questão 5
Questão
Most migrating birds choose a completely different path every year.
Questão 6
Questão
First year birds may migrate to a winter home they have never seen and return the following spring to the area in which they were born
Questão 7
Questão
What are some techniques migrating birds use to navigate?
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Some birds use the stars to navigate
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Some use sense of hearing to try to hear which routes are the safest
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Some sense changes in the earth's magnetic field
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The secrets of birds' amazing navigational skills remain largely hidden.
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Some use sense of smell
Questão 8
Questão
What hazards do birds face during migration?
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MAN-MADE STRUCTURES - Radio/TV/cell towers that attract birds to the light, and collisions with glass
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SUN - Birds often get too heated by the sun
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WEATHER - can blow birds off course or kill them directly
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TIMING - arriving early can lead to freezing or lack of food and a late spring can lead to starvation.
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BOREDOM - birds often get bored and distracted when migrating
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PREDATORS - Hawks, falcons, and domesticated cats
Questão 9
Questão
Which bird travels the greatest distance during migration
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Bald Eagle
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Red Tailed Hawk
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The Sparrow
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The Arctic Tern
Questão 10
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How many miles can it travel each year?
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1,000
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60,000
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24,000
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50,000
Questão 11
Questão
How many miles can it fly during it's LIFETIME?
Questão 12
Questão
Owls are birds of ___________________.
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the daytime
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happiness
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wisdom
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prey
Questão 13
Questão
What are some characteristics of birds of prey?
Questão 14
Questão
What do the fringed feathers on owls enable them to do?
Questão 15
Questão
Owls have small eyes on the front of their heads
Questão 16
Questão
Because owl eyes are fixed, they can rotate their head to see behind them
Questão 17
Questão
Some owls use sonar to locate prey
Questão 18
Questão
What are places where owls ARE NOT found living?
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The United States
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parts of Greenland
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some remote islands
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Canada
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Antartica
Questão 19
Questão
What is the PROVENTRICULUS?
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The part of the owl where other wastes are excreted
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The second part of the stomach that acts as a filter for indigestible items.
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The first part of the stomach that contains enzymes and acids that digest food.
Questão 20
Questão
What is the VENTRICULUS
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The first part of the stomach that contains enzymes and acids that digest food.
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The second part of the stomach that acts as a filter for indigestible items.
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The part of the owl where other wastes (other than pellets) are excreted
Questão 21
Questão
What type of vision do owls have?
Questão 22
Questão
How many degrees in either direction can owls move their necks?
Questão 23
Questão
How many degrees vertically can owls move their necks?
Questão 24
Questão
Why do owls have large eyes?
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To prevent them from getting eye diseases
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To help them see better at night by taking in more light
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To scare away large predators
Questão 25
Questão
How many eyelids do owls have?
Questão 26
Questão
What are 3 things owls use their eyelids for?