Biology 2008 JAMB Past Questions - Question 11: The beak of a duck is structurally adapted for

Correct Answer

A

Explanation

It is broadand flattened out with food begins in man. In herbivores, grooved or serratededges for sieving digestion continues in the caecum which out food in water.option B is found in carnivorous birds like hawks, eagles etc which have powerful, sharp and curved beaks for capturing, killing and tearing flesh.Option C isseen in birds with hard beak. food The upper beakis larger, longer and hooked over the smaller shorter and . s A lower one used for cracking hard nuts e.g. parrot D is found in nectar sucking birds likesunbirds and humming birds which have long, narrow and tubular beaks ANS A