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8. Birds: Food and more
I. Fill in the blanks (1M)
1. The feathers covering the body of a bird are known as___________feather.
2. The kite flies by ___________in the sky .
3.The____________makes its nest with pebbles and stones.
4.A sparrow has a_________,__________and__________beak.
5.The claws of hunting birds like eagles are also known as____________.
6.The____________ is a flightless bird with strong legs to walk and run.
7.The parakeet has a strong ___________beak to crack open the nuts.
8.____________birds have two sharp,clawed toes pointing in front and two at the back.
9.The___________birds nest looks like a bottle hung upside down.
10.____________feathers keep the bird warm .
11.Baby birds do not have ______________.
II.TICK THE CORRECT ANSWERS :
1.It feeds on insects while flying in air.
a)pigeon ( ) b).parakeet (
)
c) swallow ( )
2.Which bird sucks nectar from flowers?
a) hoopoe ( ) b) woodpecker
(
) c) hummingbird (
)
3.It is a perching bird.
a) duck ( )
b) sparrow ( ) c) peacock (
)
4. Hens have three toes in front and
a) one at the above (
) b) two at the above ( ) c) three at the above. (
)
III. NAME THE TWO BIRDS FO EACH TYPE :
1.Birds with strong , sharp and hooked beaks. ________________- _________________
2.Birds with long ,thin beaks.
________________
_________________
3.Birds which catch fish.
________________
_________________
4.Perching birds.
________________
_________________
5.Birds which cannot fly.
________________
__________________
IV. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
1.How does a swallow feed?
2.Why does a woodpecker have a strong ,pointed beak?
3.Why does a duck have webbed feet and tiny holes in its beak?
4.How are the toes of a hen different from that of an eagle?
5.Name two wading birds. Write a few sentences about their legs.
6.What helps a bird to fly ?
7. How does a parent bird feed a baby bird?
V. CROSS(
) THE ODD ONE OUT:
1.Claws
2.Hoopoe
3.Twigs
4.Claws
5.Cranes
Horn
Crow
Straw
Feet
Flamingoes
Beak
Ostrich
Glass
Beaks
Sparrows
Feather
Eagle
Leaves
Paws
Herons
VI.MATCH THE FEET AND CLAWS TO THE CORRECT WORD:
1.scan pg 64 D)Roman
E. COLOUR THIS BIRD: