Interesting questions about birds for children. Birds Day quiz

Goals:

check and deepen the knowledge gained by grade 3 students in the lessons of the world around them on the topic “Variety of animals” about the birds of their native land, their benefits; identify the best experts on feathered friends;
continue to develop memory, thinking, broaden horizons, erudition;
educate love and respect for wildlife.

Equipment: plates with numbers from 1 to 8, records with bird voices, prizes for participants, a diploma for the winner, diplomas for participants, star tokens, images of birds, a scoreboard with tasks, a cipher word, a reproduction of a picture.

Preparation: children prepare messages about birds, poems.

Game progress

Introduction by the teacher. (recording with bird voices included)

Dear Guys! Today we are holding a quiz dedicated to our feathered friends - birds. They are dear to us as part of the nature of our Motherland. Rich and varied animal world Krasnoyarsk region. About 342 species of birds live here in the taiga and tundra, in the mountains and forests. Their melodic, cheerful, sonorous songs, bright plumage instill joy in us. Without them nature is dead.

What other benefits do birds provide?

(They protect our forests, gardens, orchards from harmful insects, mice; spread seeds ...)

Many birds fly south
Many spend the winter with us.
Jackdaw, crow, bullfinch, sparrow.
Come on, guys, remember them soon!

(children name wintering and migratory birds)

Before starting the game, in which the winner will be determined - the best connoisseur of birds, we will hold a qualifying round and select the participants in the game. I think that smart, inquisitive guys have gathered here who will quickly and correctly answer all my questions.

Qualifying round.

Quiz.

What bird is considered a symbol of wisdom and knowledge? (owl)

Who is called the forest doctor? (woodpecker)

What do hunters call capercaillie? (kapalukha)

What bird of our places can live 100 years? (crow)

(forest crows live in pairs for 200 years)

Which birds spend the night burrowing in the snow? (black grouse, hazel grouse)

When is International Bird Day celebrated?

Game conditions "Star Hour".

8 participants of the game were determined. They will fight for victory. After each round, 2 players, having collected the least number of star tokens, automatically leave the game, become spectator fans, and receive a participant prize. And the winner of the game will be only one participant who has collected the most tokens.

So, the beginning of the 1st round is announced.

1 round.

Birds are depicted on the board.

Take a close look at these birds and remember everything you know about them.

When answering questions, at my command, you need to raise a sign with the desired number - the answer.

Questions of the 1st round.

1. What bird flies to us with the onset of winter, likes to eat mountain ash?

(2 - bullfinch)

1 student.

These red-breasted birds live further north in the taiga in summer, and in the first half of winter, flying away from severe frosts, appear in our forests. Some stay with us all winter. Often they can be seen in the snow, like red apples scattered along the roads, under the trees.

2 student.

You know the North and Siberia,
You burned your chest, bullfinch.
What a cold winter day
Did you set her on fire?
And it became a red spot
In your family a long time ago...

(A. A. Prokofiev)

2. The bird is a postman, a symbol of peace. (4 - dove)

In the distant past, these birds lived in the mountains, so they like to nest in attics and rooftops.

3. Which bird's tail helps not only in flight, but also in obtaining food? (3 - woodpecker)

3 student.

The feathers on the tail of the woodpecker are strong, they can rest against the protrusions of the bark. The beak is long and strong, sharp. The woodpecker strikes them only where it hears that a caterpillar is sitting under the bark. The woodpecker will make a hole with its beak, pull out the caterpillar and eat it. Likes to peck at spruce and pine cones.

4. Mobile and agile bird with a greenish back and a yellow belly. (6 - tit)

4 student.

Tits do not fly away for the winter to warm countries. In a fierce cold, they fly to the huts.

In spring and summer, flying from tree to tree, tits find all the cracks in search of insects and their larvae. The great tit kills 120 caterpillars a day. Feeding the chicks, a pair of tits flies to the nest up to 500 times, bringing 1000 different insects.

5. What bird does not nest and hatch chicks? (5 - cuckoo)

5 student.

During the summer, the cuckoo destroys 270 thousand large caterpillars and May beetles.

All birds build nests, hatch chicks, except for the cuckoo. She waits for some bird to fly away from the nest for food, and toss her egg into someone else's nest.

6. This bird builds its nests in the cliffs above the river. (1 - swallow)

6 student.

A family of swallows destroys about a million pests during the summer.

Swallows fly to us, like swifts, in the spring. They build their house from clay and their saliva in the cliffs above the river. In the summer they bring out their chicks, teach them to catch flies and midges, dragonflies and other insects.

(recording of A. Fet's poem “The Swallows Are Gone”)

7. What bird likes to ride on the back of a cow, horse, sheep in order to find food there - insects, larvae? (8 - starling)

A family of starlings destroys 350 caterpillars, beetles, snails per day, saving fields, orchards and orchards.

8. What bird is called a night cat? (7 - owl)

7 student.

At night, an owl flies noiselessly over a forest glade. A mouse rushes about, rustles the foliage, the owl catches it and returns to the hollow again. Since 1964, the owl has been under protection. One owl destroys 1000 mice during the summer, which are capable of destroying 1 ton of grain. No cat can compete with an owl in this.

The results of the 1st round are summed up, star tokens are counted, 2 participants leave the game having received prizes.

Round 2

Birds are depicted on the board.

Questions of the 2nd round.

1. Which bird breeds chicks in winter? (2 - crossbill)

Crossbills live in coniferous forests, climb branches, clinging with their paws and beak. Even if it hangs upside down, even upside down, it doesn’t matter to him. He is busy with one thing: husking the seeds from the cones. And for this he has a special beak - the lower and upper halves intersect at the ends.

2. Which of the birds fly to us first from the south in spring - rooks or starlings? (1 - rooks)

Rooks build nests from dry branches high on trees. On one tree there are sometimes 15 - 20 nests.

Starlings follow the rooks. The starlings arrive first, followed a few days later by the starlings. By their arrival, the males look for a birdhouse, sing, waiting for their girlfriends - starlings.

The results of 2 rounds are summed up, 4 participants remain in the game.

3 round.

(reproduction of the painting by the famous artist “The Rooks Have Arrived”)

(silent melody sounds)

Here is a reproduction of a painting by a famous artist, which was painted in 1871. Many years have passed since then. Before us is a picture of Russian nature dear to the heart. Heralds of spring, rooks, returned to their old nests from warm lands. There are no bright colors in the picture, but quiet joy emanates from it, love for one's land.

Round 3 question.

Which of the following artists painted this painting? (2 - Savrasov)

Vasnetsov

Savrasov

The results of round 3 are summed up.

Additional questions if the children scored the same number of tokens

Who cuckoos - male or female cuckoo? (male - cuckoo)

The smallest bird of coniferous forests? (kinglet)

Which bird has the longest tongue - 8 - 10 cm? (woodpecker)

Name the birds of prey? (owl, eagle, hawk)

Which birds do not land on land or water? (swifts)

Why is the bird so called nightjar? (have a big mouth, but fly up to the herd to hunt insects)

What bird calls like a cat? (oriole)

What bird hisses like a snake? (wryneck)

Game final.

(2 participants will compete for the title of the best connoisseur of nature and birds)

Mystery.

Spinning, chirping,

Busy all day.

Final task.

From the word FORTY in 2 minutes. make up as many words as possible.

(Spit, CANCER, JUICE, SOR, BARK, DEW, ROCK, OSA, FORTY, TERM ...

Summing up the results of the game, awarding the best player with a diploma, the word to the winner.

Guys, our game has come to an end. I think that everyone has discovered something new for themselves today. And the main thing is that birds are our friends, part of nature, younger brothers. And we must protect and protect them, feed them in the winter, build birdhouses in the spring.

See you soon, young nature lovers!

Questions about birds with answers you can use to prepare an interesting quiz for children and adults.

Questions about birds with answers

1. What bird can fly tail first? (Hummingbird.)

2. Which bird has the longest tongue? (A woodpecker has 15 cm.)

3. Which bird makes the bedding in the nest of fish bones? (Kingfisher.)

4. What bird does not sit on the ground, or on the water, or on a tree? (Swift.)

5. What bird runs for food along the bottom of the river? (Dipper.)

6. What bird has three different colors during the year? (White partridge.)

7. Which birds have wings covered not with feathers, but with scales? (At the penguin.)

8. When is the body temperature of a sparrow lower - in winter or summer? (Same.)

9. Which nocturnal bird does not nest? (Nightjar.)

10. Which bird has green females and yellow males? (At the oriole.)

11. A bird that eats carrion? (Sip.)

12. A bird that exterminates rodents? (Owl.)

13. A bird with completely black plumage? (Crow.)

14. Birds that breed in winter? (Crossbill.)

15. Waterfowl, destroying a large number of fish? (Cormorant.)

16. Predatory bird, not making nests? (Peregrine Falcon.)

17. What does the word "archeopteryx" mean? (Ancient wing.)

18. What birds are called albinos? (Birds that don't have pigment.)

19. What bird can't fly? (Ostrich.)

20. What is the name of the bird that eats snakes? (Snake-eater.)

21. Which bird has a floating nest? (At the grebe.)

22. Which bird has a nest that looks like a mitten? (At the Remez tit.)

23. Who has the most amazing nose? (At the crossbill - with a cross, at the flamingo - with a boomerang.)

24. Give a name to the bird: long legs - stilts (stilt walker); bald spot on the head (coot); green from head to toe (greenfinch); tail shakes (wagtail); eyebrows are white (white-brow); white legs (white leg).

25. How many species of birds are there on earth? (8500.)

26. Most fast birds? (Falcons - 300 km / h; swifts - 170 km / h.)

27. Fishing bird? (Cormorant, pelican, gull, merganser, murre, sea eagle, loon, heron, kingfisher.)

28. What birds do not incubate eggs? (Cuckoos.)

29. What birds incubate an egg, holding it on their paws? (Penguins.)

30. What does "pelican" mean in Greek? (Bag.)

31. Can a bird that looks like a mouse squeak? (Pika.)

32. What bird is crying "it's time to sleep, it's time to sleep"? (Quail.)

33. Which birds - the only ones among chicken relatives - are migratory? (Quail.)

34. What birds have exactly the same name as mushrooms? (Toadstools.)

35. Crawling birds? (Nuthatch.)

36. Which bird sings with its tail? (Snipe.)

37. Name five songbirds? (For example, nightingale, lark, chaffinch, titmouse, thrush.)

38. What bird likes to eat forget-me-nots? (Finch.)

39. What bird do people say: "The beauty of an angel, the voice of the devil, the tread of a villain"? (Peacock.)

40. What bird is very beautiful, but croaks like a raven? (Bird of paradise.)

41. How does the firebird scream? (Caws like a frog.)

42. Which bird turns white in winter? (White.)

43. How is a magpie's nest different from a crow's? (Magpie is flat, crow is round with a lid.)

44. Which birds have males red and females green? (At the crossbills.)

45. What birds are the most in the world? (Domestic chickens, sparrows.) or What are the most numerous birds on Earth? (Chickens.)

46. Name the bird that is used to hunt foxes, hares, wolves in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan? (Golden eagle.)

47. Which bird has the ability to sleep in flight? (Stork.)

48. What is the largest bird in our country? (Pelican.)

49. Which bird lays the largest eggs? (Ostrich - the length of the egg is 15-17cm, and the diameter is 13-15cm.)

50. How many times is the vision of eagles, hawks, vultures sharper than human? (8 times.)

51. What bird can dive the deepest? (Emperor penguin, to a depth of 200 meters.)

52. How many times per second does a hummingbird flap its wings during flight? (Up to 55 times.)

53. How fast can an ostrich run? (Up to 50 km/h)

54. What is the body temperature of most birds? (About 41 degrees.)

55. Which bird has the largest wingspan? (Albatross, over 5.5 meters.)

56. How many breeds of pigeons have been bred by man? (More than 800.)

57. What is the name of the science that studies birds? (Ornithology.)

58. When is the body temperature of a sparrow lower: in winter or summer? (Same.)

59. What is the favorite treat of storks. (Frogs.)

60. Where do tits build nests? (In the hollows of trees.)

1. Why in the spring the cuckoo promises more long life? (In the spring, the birds have a mating season, so the male cuckoos for a longer time, calling for his girlfriend)

2. Among the inhabitants of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, eagle owl feathers were considered a talisman that protects a person from misfortune. This is all because they mistook the elegant transverse pattern on the eagle feathers for the finest ligature with which the sayings are written ... From what? (From the Quran)

3. The name of which bird, translated from Italian, literally means “papal rooster”, because in the Middle Ages these birds were kept in large numbers in the Vatican? (Parrot)

4. A feature of this bird is an unusually flexible tongue with notches, like on a fishhook. It is long (in some species up to twenty centimeters), covered with sticky saliva, - perfect fit for obtaining insects hiding under the bark and in anthills. In the "non-working" state, the tongue is laid in the head like an accordion, and when feeding, it protrudes ten centimeters from the beak. What is this bird? (Woodpecker)

5. The ancient Incas sacrificed not only people, but also birds to the gods. What? (Parrots, if they could speak)

6. Now it is difficult to imagine our life without mobile phones. They flooded the whole world, and in the Scandinavian countries every second person has them. This led to very unexpected consequences for the environment. Danish ornithologists report that local birds have begun to imitate ... mobile phone calls with their cries. Which birds take first place among parodists? (Starlings)

7. This bird knows how to cheat and pretend. If there is danger to her chicks in the nest, she starts to run back and forth, pretending to be injured, dragging her wing behind her. A fox or a stoat falls for this bait, and it takes them further and further away from the nest. What is this bird? (Woodcock - translated from German "forest sandpiper")

8. Name the smallest bird on earth, which is slightly larger than a bumblebee and weighs no more than two grams. (Hummingbird)

9. Which birds do not sit on the ground or on the branches; they eat, drink, mate and even sleep on the fly, but on the ground they are completely helpless: they can barely crawl? (Black Swifts)

10. Is a raven the husband of a crow? (No. This is a completely different bird. The raven is much larger than the crow, with black plumage and a wedge-shaped tail cut)

11. The pigeon family has about three hundred species. And what is the name of the city pigeons that roam the streets and squares and treat the monuments of great people without any respect? (Cesari)

12. This bird got its name because at the moment of danger it stretches its neck, begins to shake its head from side to side, making a peculiar hissing sound. It can even make a sharp throw head first and snort menacingly. What is this bird? (Wryneck)

13. In Rus', killing two birds was considered a sin. One of them is a crane. Name the second bird. (Swan)

14. According to legend, a woman who killed her husband turned into a cuckoo. The unfortunate woman was doomed to eternal loneliness. Her monotonous “cuckoo”, which we all heard in spring or early summer, reminded people of bitter lamentation. In fact, the sounds that this bird makes are not inconsolable crying at all. What is it? (This is a jubilant mating song. And, of course, the male performs it)

15. By popular belief, the tears that the cuckoo sheds turn into flowers. What are their names? (Cuckoo's tears)

16. What does the cuckoo do if someone else's nest, which she looked after to lay her egg there, is closed (in a crack or in a hollow)? (She will lay an egg on the ground, and then, taking it in her paws, she will put it in a nest)

17. Which bird has a flat head in front, forming a “face”, like a person’s? (At the owl)

18. What bird did the ancient Greeks consider a symbol of wisdom, and in Ancient Egypt, India, Japan and China was it considered a bird of death? (owl)

19. What kind of birds do not hatch their chicks, but stand? (Penguins. Daddy penguin stands in the cold, holds an egg with a future cub on his paws and doesn’t move. He doesn’t even eat anything until the baby hatches)

20. Which bird is a companion of a crocodile: it eats the remnants of food in its terrible mouth and at the same time cleans the reptile's teeth? (Sandpiper)

21. Russian people first saw a parrot in 1490. He was brought to Moscow as a gift to Ivan III by the ambassador of the Roman emperor. The very word "parrot" appeared in Russian much earlier. What did this word mean in Russian? (The word "parrot" meant among the Russians a big whip, which was used to frighten domestic animals if they wandered into other people's crops)

22. It is known that birds can make sounds - from simple chirps to complex and beautiful trills. But there is a bird in Australia that is able to laugh demonically. And she does it at a certain time of the day. Even people check their watches on it. What is this bird? (Kookaburra is one of the symbols of Australia)

23. Medical scientists noticed that each creature in nature, in its own way, heals and prevents its diseases. The lapwing bird went, perhaps, the farthest. She knows how to do her own medical procedure. What? (Chibis, having drawn water into a long beak, knows how to make an enema for himself)

24. Name the largest feathered predator on earth. (This is a condor from the American vulture family. Its body length is more than a meter, its wingspan is up to three meters, and its weight is up to twelve kilograms. The strength of a huge bird is amazing: it often pushes bulls into the abyss, so that later it can dine with a broken animal)

25. Miners often take this bird with them to the mine. She feels well even low concentrations of poisonous firedamp, which are not noticeable to the human sense of smell. However, after warning the miners of the danger, she herself dies. About what bird in question? (About the canary)

26. Popular imagination attributed to this bird a special relationship with evil spirit. They called him the eagle-owl, Grand Duke, owl-god, scarecrow. What bird are you talking about? (About the owl)

27. If the sparrow took bird home, then how do swallows deal with an invader? (If the swallows fail to drive out the sparrow, they wall up the hole in the nest and lock the offender there)

Quiz on the theme "Birds"

1. Bird, a symbol of purity and nobility. (Swan.)

2. Fidget bird. (Wagtail.)

3. Stupid handsome men. (Pheasants.)

4. Who has a bag under his beak? (At the pelican.)

5. Which bird brings out chicks in the rain? (Swan.)

6. Which bird flies the highest? (Eagle.)

7. Which bird flies the fastest? (Swift.)

8. What is the favorite treat of storks? (Frogs.)

9. Which bird can fly tail first? (Hummingbird.)

10. What is the smallest bird in our country? (King.)

11. What bird is called a forest doctor? (Woodpecker.)

12. What bird on a summer evening reminds people that it's time to sleep? (Quail.)

13. What bird is called a gossip? (Forty.)

14. What birds are said to be “messengers of young spring”? (About larks.)

15. Who sleeps during the day, flies at night, scares passers-by (Owl.)

16. Who flies to us earlier - swifts or swallows (Swallows.)

17. Why can't you touch the eggs in the nests with your hands? (Because the birds then leave their nests.)

18. What is more terrible for birds - the cold or the hunger of winter? (Hunger.)

19. With the arrival of what birds does spring begin? (With the arrival of the rooks.)

20. What birds spend the night buried in the snow? (Black grouse, partridges, hazel grouse.)

21. Which bird, returning from the south, walks part of the way (corncrake, or dergach.)

The game "Birds are our friends."

Target: 1. expand students' knowledge about the diversity of birds;

2. systematize knowledge about the life of birds, their relationship with environment about their role in human life;

3. to teach schoolchildren to realize the need for a sensitive and careful attitude to nature.

Equipment: riddles, puzzles, drawings, a bird's call recorded on tape.

Game progress:

One of the great songs encourages us to stop and look around. Yes, the world is really beautiful, it is full of wonders and mysteries. Every day we meet with his secrets. But we often hurry and pass by without noticing them. Sometimes, trying to guess one of the mysteries of nature, we are surprised at a sudden discovery. Such discoveries include wonderful world feathered. Birds inhabit all corners of our planet. They delight us with their singing, various plumage. Without bird chirping, the world would be boring. That is why we dedicate this meeting to them, our feathered friends.

1 competition. The people have always noticed signs of certain phenomena, objects of animate and inanimate nature, and accurately reflected them in riddles, many of which are dedicated to birds. Guess some of them.

1. White as snow, black as coal,

Spins, sings like a demon and the road to the forest. (magpie)

2. Who has never taken a step. (sparrow)

3. Black, agile, screaming "crack",

Worms are the enemy. (rook)

4. Coloring - grayish,

Habit - thieving,

hoarse screamer,

Famous person. (crow)

5. He cries in the swamp, does not come out of the swamp. (sandpiper)

6. Silent during the day, screaming at night. (owl)

7. Neat house for kids

From dry branches built.

Since then, over our hut

"Ta-ta-ta" flies winged. (stork)

8. Mother, I don’t know my father, but I often call him.

I won’t know children, I’ll be a stranger. (cuckoo)

2 competition. Make a radial diagram of concepts about birds.

Birds: chordates, oviparous, vertebrates, light skeleton, feathers, keel, warm-blooded, beak, 2 stomachs, 4 chambered heart, lungs, air sac.

3 competition. Question answer:

1. The best singers. (in the grove - a nightingale, in the field - a lark, in the forest - a thrush).

2. The most skilled nest builders. (tit, oriole, swallow).

3. The best flyers. (swallows, falcon, eagles, vultures).

4. The best swimmers and divers. (loon, murre, salmon)

5. The best runners and walkers. (dergach, runner, jay, quail)

6. The most friendly. (gulls, swallows, shorebirds, starlings)

7. The bird is a symbol of peace and purity. (pigeon)

8. Is there bird's milk? (in pigeons, penguins)

4 competition."Philward".

There are pictures of birds. Each team is given fillwords, on which you need to find the name of the birds, the image of which is in the picture. This is a task for speed, for the correct definition of the names of birds and finding them on the "filvord".

5 competition. "Bird Concert"

Everyone knows that birds are wonderful singers and musicians. You can write an opera by listening to songbirds. The Russian composer N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov used the voices of birds in music more often than others. In the opera "The Snow Maiden" in the chorus and dance of birds there are the voices of a cuckoo and a thrush, in the recitative of Spring - the whistling of a bullfinch. Now you will listen to recordings of bird voices, determine which of the birds these songs belong to.

6 competition. "We play hide and seek."

If you correctly arrange the letters in these combinations, then you will get the names of well-known birds.

7 competition."Warm-up".

1. What birds come to us from the south first? (rooks)

2. What birds breed chicks in winter? (crossbills)

3. What birds spend the night burrowing into the snow? (grouse, hazel grouse)

4. What is the smallest bird of our sultry forests? (kinglet)

5. Which bird makes stocks by impaling prey on the thorns of bushes? (shrike)

6. Which birds have males red and females green? (at crossbills)

7. Which bird turns white in winter? (partridge)

8. How is a magpie's nest different from a crow's? (the magpie's nest is flat, and the crow's nest is round with a lid)

9. What birds make nests in earthen burrows? (shore swallow, kingfisher)

10. Which of our birds do not land on land or water? (swifts)

11. What is the largest bird in the world? (African ostrich)

12. Which of our birds flies the fastest? (swift)

13. What is the smallest bird in the world? (hummingbird)

14. Why is the capercaillie called so: capercaillie? (during the display, the bird does not hear anything)

15. Which bird makes a nest out of fish bones? (kingfisher)

8 competition. "Mailbox".

Guys, three letters have come to our address. Guess who wrote them.

“I have a black cap on my head, the back, wings and tail are dark, and the chest is bright yellow, as if dressed in a yellow vest. In the summer I eat bugs, worms, and in the winter, when there is no food, I eat everything: various grains, bread crumbs, and boiled vegetables. But I especially love unsalted lard. Guess who I am? (tit)

“They call me the keeper of the forest. I wake up very early and start whistling as if to wake everyone up from their sleep. I live in a tree, in a hollow. All my life I have been on my feet, running back and forth, up and down the tree, and I only need wings to fly from one tree to another. I love nuts, linden nuts, maple lionfish. In autumn I hide food under the bark so as not to starve in winter. And my coloration is not very noticeable. Who am I? (nuthatch)

“I am an unusually elegant bird. There are colors in my coloring: red, black, brown, yellow, white. Most often you can see me on the burdock and thistle bushes where I feed. I sing amazingly. My sonorous trills transform the forest. Who am I? (goldfinch)

9 competition. "Bird Talk".

Geese quack

The nightingales are screaming

Cranes cackle

Ducks whistle

The crows are hooting

The swallows are cooing

Doves croak

Tits chirp

Owls squeak

Students use arrows to show who is talking how. (for speed)

10 competition. "Bird professions".

Can you recognize birds by characteristic feature, on their business?

The bird is a fisherman. Nightingale

The bird is a carpenter. Martin

Forest cat. Nuthatch

The bird is a builder. cormorant

The bird is an acrobat. Oriole

Feathered soloist. Cuckoo

Night predator. Woodpecker

Frivolous mother. Owl

People have long been accustomed to the neighborhood of birds, accustomed to seeing and hearing them around them. How boring and uninteresting the world would be without our feathered friends. And today's game is a confirmation of these words. Interesting and unforgettable meetings with the world of birds.

(Performance of the song "How beautiful this world is").