Reading Homework - Due in Thursday 14th January 2016
Read the text and answer the questions carefully.
Owls
An owl is a bird. Owls live in almost
every country of the world and can be
found all year round.
Owls are nocturnal. This means that
they sleep during the day and hunt for
food at night. Owls are predators. This
means they hunt the food that they eat.
Owls hunt for mice and other small
mammals, insects, and even fish. This makes them carnivores
as they only eat meat.
Owls are well adapted for
hunting. Their soft, fluffy
feathers are specially designed
to make their flight nearly silent.
They have very good hearing,
which helps them to hunt well in
the darkness. The sharp hooked
beaks and claws, called talons,
make it very easy to tear apart
prey quickly, although owls also
eat some prey whole. The colour
of their feathers also helps them to stay hidden. This is called
camouflage. Did you know that a group of owls is called a
parliament?
1. What sort of text is this? (tick one)
story
information
instructions
a list
7. Write one way that owls are well adapted for hunting.
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2. What is an owl? ______________________________________________
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3. What does nocturnal mean? ___________________________________
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4. What is the word used for animals that hunt for what they eat?
8. What are owl's claws called? _____________________________
9. What word is used to tell us 'the colour of an owls feathers helps it to
stay hidden'? __________________________________
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5. What do owls eat? ___________________________________________
6. What is a carnivore? __________________________________________
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10. What is a group of owls called? _____________________________
11. How many degrees can an owl turn its head? (Tick one)
360 degrees
180 degrees
90 degrees
12. What is the difference between the chest of a male and female owl?
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13. Why are owls long legs useful?
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14. One of an owl's talons is particularly useful. Why?
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