Banding birds | Assessment Resource Banks

This task is about why and how scientists gather data.

Question 1Change answer

A bird's leg with a band on it.

Sometimes scientists catch wild birds they are studying. They put bands or tags on these birds and then release them back into the wild.

a) What are two pieces of information that scientists could get by tagging birds?

A bird's leg with a band on it.

Sometimes scientists catch wild birds they are studying. They put bands or tags on these birds and then release them back into the wild.

a) What are two pieces of information that scientists could get by tagging birds?

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