TURKEY FACTS - answers to quizz


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true or false - answers

1. false - Christopher Columbus took some turkeys back to Europe.

2. false - The wild turkey nearly disappeared in the early 1900s.

3. true - Turkeys are raised year round in climate-controlled barns.

4. false - Turkeys raised on farms have white feathers and are larger.

5. true - Wild turkeys can fly and they run fast on their powerful legs.

6. false - Wild turkeys roost in trees.(Only the very young sleep in nests)

7. true - A turkey's head can change color when the turkey gets excited.

8. false - Baby turkeys are called poults.

9. true - Male turkeys have beards, but only a few hens do.

10. false - Toms strut about to attract hens and get attention.

11. true - Turkeys are related to pheasants and peacocks.

12. true - A group of turkeys is called a flock.

13. false - Turkeys have very good hearing.

14. false - More turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.

15. true - Astronauts ate turkey in foil packets on the moon.



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page by J.Giannetta
Oct/03 (updated April 2011)



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