Birds

Question 1

What is the study of birds called?

Answer 1

Ornithology

Question 2

Are birds endothermic or ectothermic?

Answer 2

Endothermic.

Question 3

When and why do birds migrate?

Answer 3

In the fall, to find food.

Question 4

What kind of eggs do birds lay, and what are the shells made of?

Answer 4

Amniotic eggs, shell made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)

Question 5

What is a clutch?

Answer 5

Used to describe the amount of eggs in the nest.

Question 6

What do down feathers do?

Answer 6

Insulate the bird and keep it warm. Used in coats, pillows, and comforters.

Question 7

What are contour feathers used for?

Answer 7

Flying and providing the color of the bird.

Question 8

What is the Pennsylvania state bird?

Answer 8

The ruffed grouse.

Question 9

Is bird metabolism high or low?

Answer 9

High, which means that they need a lot of calories.

Question 10

Birds provide us with food. What are some examples of birds we eat?

Answer 10

-Turkey
-Chicken
-Duck
-Pheasant
-Grouse
-Goose

Question 11

Male birds have bright feathers and often a crest. Why?

Answer 11

To attract a mate and draw attention away from a nest.

Question 12

What allows birds to fly? (three things)

Answer 12

-Hollow bones
-Wings
-Air sacs

Question 13

Explain how birds preen.

Answer 13

Birds place oil from a gland in their tail onto their feathers using their beak.

Question 14

Explain a bird’s digestive system.

Answer 14

Very efficient and fast. Food moves from mouth to crop, then stomach, then gizzard, and finally into an intestine. Food can be digested in less than an hour.

Question 15

What are ten common Camp Hill birds?

Answer 15

1) Robin
2) Cardinal
3) Crow
4) Gold finch
5) Mallard duck
6) Sparrow
7) Red tailed hawk
8) Blue jay
9) Morning dove
10) Canadian goose