Wings of Wonder: The Bird Quiz

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1. प्रश्नः 1

   Which bird reaches the highest speed when diving to catch prey?

   • Golden eagle
   • Peregrine falcon
   • Gyrfalcon
   • White-throated needletail

2. प्रश्नः 2

   What is the largest living bird species?

   • Emu
   • Southern cassowary
   • Common ostrich
   • Wandering albatross

3. प्रश्नः 3

   Birds are the living descendants of which group of dinosaurs?

   • Sauropods
   • Ornithischians
   • Pterosaurs
   • Theropods

4. प्रश्नः 4

   What lets hummingbirds fly backwards?

   • Shoulder joints that let their wings rotate
   • Extra-long tail feathers used as rudders
   • Hollow bones filled with air
   • Flapping only one wing at a time

5. प्रश्नः 5

   Roughly how far can an Arctic tern travel in a single year of migration?

   • About 10,000 km
   • About 25,000 km
   • About 70,000 km
   • About 150,000 km

6. प्रश्नः 6

   Why are flamingos pink?

   • Their feathers reflect red sunlight
   • Pigments from the algae and shrimp they eat
   • A pink gene they inherit at birth
   • Minerals in the salty water they stand in

7. प्रश्नः 7

   Which living bird has the largest wingspan?

   • Andean condor
   • Marabou stork
   • Wandering albatross
   • Golden eagle

8. प्रश्नः 8

   What helps owls fly almost silently?

   • Soft, comb-like fringes on their feathers
   • Hollow wing bones that absorb sound
   • Flapping only when the wind is loud
   • Unusually small, stiff wings

9. प्रश्नः 9

   Roughly when did the dodo go extinct?

   • Around 1500
   • Around 1900
   • Around 1800
   • Around 1690

10. प्रश्नः 10

    How do young songbirds like zebra finches learn to sing?

    • They sing perfectly from birth by instinct
    • They copy an adult tutor during a key early period
    • They learn only from birds of other species
    • They make up a new song each season