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EnchantedLearning.com Table of Bird Eggs Use the table to answer the questions.

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Type of Bird	Length of Egg (Average)	Incubation Period (How long it takes to hatch)
chicken	57mm	21 days
duck	76mm	27 days
eagle	75mm	36 days
finch	16mm	11 days
goose	86mm	25 days
hummingbird	13mm	16 days
mockingbird	25mm	12 days
ostrich	160mm	45 days
pheasant	45mm	26 days
swan	113mm	36 days

1. How many birds are represented in this table? ___________

2. Of these eggs, which has the longest incubation period? _______________________

3. Of these eggs, which has the shortest incubation period? _______________________

4. Of these birds, which has the biggest egg? _______________________

5. Of these birds, which has the smallest egg? _______________________

6. An ostrich egg is about as long as __________________ chicken eggs.

7. A baseball is 74mm wide. How many of these bird's eggs are bigger than a baseball? __________

8. A US penny is 19mm wide. Which of these bird's eggs are smaller than a penny?

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9. How many of these birds take less than 2 weeks to hatch? _____________________

10. How many of these birds take over a month to hatch? _________________________