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Test Description: Chapter 5 Apologia Zoology Book 1 Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is incubating eggs?
A
Cracking the egg shell so the bird can hatch out.
B
Studying eggs while they are in the shell.
C
Collecting a variety of specimens of eggs.
D
Keeping them warm so they will hatch.
2) What is the primary purpose of a bird's nest?
A
It is used to impress possible mates.
B
It is used for protection from predators.
C
It is used to identify its strength as a species.
D
It is used for raising its young.
3) What is the birding term for resting or sleeping?
A
Nesting
B
Plummaging
C
Roosting
D
Rummaging
4) It is against the law to do this with a bird's nest: ______.
A
Place another bird in it.
B
Keep it.
C
Spray paint it.
D
Destroy it.
5) Warming weather and the lengthening day set off a bird's instinct to ____.
A
Construct a nest.
B
Develop new feathers.
C
Fly east.
D
Eat lots of food to store for the harsh winter.
6) What do birds (even if they are raised in captivity without a nest) do during the proper season, if given the chance?
A
Build a nest.
B
Gather unusual materials as though they want to build a nest.
C
Coo and chirp more frequently.
D
Seek a similar shelter to that in which they were raised.
7) Most birds' nests are shaped like the name they are given, which is:
A
Cup
B
Thimble
C
Hat
D
Pan
8) This bird builds a gazebo-like structure of dried leaves and twigs, and then decorates it with shells, rocks, and feathers.
A
Bee hummingbird
B
Tailorbird
C
Bowerbird
D
Stork
9) Weaver birds construct a unique nest that is special because
A
has colorful baubles added to it to attract mates.
B
can last for nearly 35 years.
C
it hangs like a basket, and is built using only their feet and beaks.
D
has an entrance from a hole in a tree.
10) An Emperor penguin will keep an egg warm by covering it with a thick roll of skin and feathers called a
A
brood pouch.
B
a roost.
C
brood parasite.
D
a bower.
11) A bird that is placed as an egg into a different bird's nest or clutch of eggs is called
A
a bower.
B
a jerk.
C
a brood parasite.
D
a renegade.
12) A bird's nest that is made from a pile of dead leaves or in a small divot in the ground is called
A
a cup nest.
B
a platform nest.
C
a scrape nest.
D
a cavity nest.
13) Most ducks, geese, sandpipers, and quail prefer this type of nest:
A
Cavity nest
B
Earth-hole nest
C
Platform nest
D
Ground or mound nest
14) An earth-hole nester (like a puffin or a kingfisher) is a bird that makes or finds
A
a scrape-nest from a previous year to use this year.
B
a cavity in a tree to use.
C
a burrow in which to lay its eggs.
D
an abandoned platform nest in which to lay its eggs.
15) Raptors (birds of prey) and other large birds typically build huge
A
temporary nests that disintegrate within the year.
B
cup nests of spider webs, rotten wood, and mud.
C
ground or mound nests because they are so ungainly at building nests.
D
platform nests on the sides of cliffs or high in a large tree.
16) A pendulous cup nest is different from a suspended nest in that it
A
has its opening in the bottom of the nest.
B
is made of materials that are very soft and flexible.
C
can reach sizes up a ton in weight.
D
is reused by the same bird pair every year.
17) Adherent nests get their name because they _____ the structure on which they are built.
A
fall from
B
hide against
C
swing from
D
stick to
18) Some birds use this method of flying in the dark caves in which they have their homes:
A
Infrared sigh
B
None of these answers is accurate.
C
Echolocation
D
Endurance flight
19) To make the egg more camouflaged, God designed birds to lay eggs that are
A
shaped like surrounding rocks.
B
always white because birds are color blind.
C
typically the same color as the area in which they are laid.
D
speckled to throw off potential predators' vision.
20) What is the name of birds that do not build nests?
A
Hoarders.
B
Anti-nesters.
C
No-nesters.
D
Roosters.
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