Assessment

Use these questions to assess students’ learning with Audubon Adventures "The Watery World of Wading Birds." The questions are based on the content of the "The Water World of Wading Birds" downloadable student magazine, which students should have available for reference as they choose answers. The answer key includes correct answers, discussion of how to use students’ answers diagnostically, and suggestions for further exploration of the topic.

Show What You Know About Wading Birds!

Choose the letter that best answers each question.

1. Which statement about wading birds is false?
1. Wading birds do not have webbed feet.
2. Long legs let wading birds wade without getting their feathers wet.
3. The feathers of many kinds of wading birds are still used to make hats.
4. Big feet with spread-out toes is a characteristic that helps keep wading birds from sinking into the mud.
2. What is a rookery?
1. an especially rocky shoreline
2. a kind of wading bird
3. a colony of nesting birds
4. a kind of fishing hook
3. How might nesting on an island in Florida help birds protect their eggs and chicks from raccoons?
1. Raccoons can’t swim.
2. Raccoons can’t see islands from shore.
3. Raccoons have to wait until dark before swimming to an island.
4. Raccoons swimming to an island might be eaten by alligators.
4. Which are techniques some wading birds use to get food. (You can choose more than one answer.)
1. finding food by sight
2. finding food by touch
3. using fishing line and hooks to get food
4. finding food by smell
5. Using complete sentences, describe at least three things people like you, your family, and your classmates can do to protect and conserve the watery habitats wading birds need to survive.

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Photo: John Studwell/Audubon Photography Awards.