Video Transcript
A vulture has a sharp, crooked beak
to tear flesh from its prey. Choose the bird from the following
pictures that also consumes meat.
We are given an example of a
structural adaptation or a physical characteristic of an organism that makes it well
suited to its environment. The structural adaptation we are
told about is the sharp, crooked beak of the vulture. We are also told how this
structural adaptation is useful for the vulture. We are told it helps the bird to
tear flesh from its prey. Based on this, we could come to the
conclusion that a sharp, crooked beak like the vulture’s could serve a similar
purpose in other birds that also consume meat. That is, a sharp, crooked beak is a
structural adaptation that would be helpful for birds that consume meat.
We are supposed to choose another
bird that consumes meat based on a picture of it. How would we know if it consumes
meat? We can look for a structural
adaptation for consuming meat, such as the sharp, crooked beak of the vulture that
the question draws our attention to. So, which of the answer choices
shows a bird with a sharp, crooked beak like the vulture’s? The only one of these birds that
has a sharp, crooked beak is (C). So that must be the bird that also
eats meat. Therefore, the correct answer to
this question is (C). The bird that also consumes meat,
as demonstrated by its sharp, crooked beak, is the bird indicated here by the letter
(C).
