All About Birds

All About Birds

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.

1. Which of the following is a characteristic that all birds share?

2. What helps a bird fly by providing lift and steering?

3. Birds are warm-blooded animals covered in  .

4. The strong chest muscle that helps birds fly is called the  .

5. Birds use their   to gather food and preen their feathers.

6. Look at the diagram of the bird below. Label two external parts of the bird and describe their function.

Part 1:  

Function:  

Part 2:  

Function:  

7. All birds build nests in trees.

8. Birds have hollow bones, which makes them lighter for flight.

9. Describe the life cycle of a bird, starting from an egg and ending with an adult bird.