Question

1. State whether the following statements are True or False.
(a) Ducks are able to tear and eat flesh.
(b) Birds have hollow bones.
(c) Most birds are featherless.
(d) The down feathers help keep the bird's body warm.
(e) Big-sized birds cannot fly because of their weight.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a. False

b. true

c. False

Answer 2

(a) Ducks are able to tear and eat flesh.

• FALSE
• Ducks have flat and broad beaks which are used for digging up mud underwater. The flat beak cannot be used for tearing flesh.

(b) Birds have hollow bones.

• TRUE
• Birds have light and hollow bones and that is why most birds can fly with them because of these bones. These hollow bones make their body light which enables them to lift themselves effortlessly.

(c) Most birds are featherless.

• FALSE
• All birds have some kind of feather at some part of their body and in fact birds who do not fly also have features. Feathers make birds fly effortlessly.

(d) The down feathers help keep the bird's body warm.

• TRUE
• Many feathers are short, fluffy kind and down, which helps with insulating the bird from the cold and keeping the body of the bird warm.

(e) Big-sized birds cannot fly because of their weight.

• TRUE
• Most Big-sized birds have puny wings which cannot perhaps lift their heavy bodies off the ground.

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