Avian/Reptile/Amphibian

Question 1

What are semiplume feathers responsible for?

Answer 1

Buoyancy

Question 2

What are down feathers responsible for?

Answer 2

Insulation

Question 3

What are filoplume feathers responsible for?

Answer 3

Feather Movement

Question 4

What are bristle feathers responsible for?

Answer 4

Touch

Question 5

What are powder down feathers responsible for?

Answer 5

Grooming

Question 6

What are the 4 examples of fused bones in avian?

Answer 6

synsacrum, pygostyle, pectoral girdle, pelvic girdle

Question 7

Which side of the reproductive tract is more developed in birds?

Answer 7

Left

Question 8

Which classification of newly hatched birds is described?

-eyes closed, skin bare

Answer 8

Altricial

Question 9

Which classification of newly hatched birds is described?

-covered in down feathers, immobile, eyes open or shut

Answer 9

Semialtricial

Question 10

Which classification of newly hatched birds is described?

-covered in down feathers, mobile, eyes open, leave nest quickly

Answer 10

Semiprecocial

Question 11

Which classification of newly hatched birds is described?

-covered in down feathers, eyes open, limited movement from the nest

Answer 11

Precocial

Question 12

Give an example of an animal from the order chelonia.

Answer 12

Turtles, tortoises

Question 13

Give an example of an animal from the order crocodylia.

Answer 13

Alligators, Crocodiles

Question 14

Give an example of an animal from the order squamata.

Answer 14

Snakes, Lizards

Question 15

Give an example of an animal from the order rhyncocephalia.

Answer 15

tuataras

Question 16

Give an example of an animal from the order gymnophiona.

Answer 16

Caecilians

Question 17

Give an example of an animal from the order anura.

Answer 17

Frogs, toads

Question 18

Give an example of an animal from the order caudata.

Answer 18

Newts, Salamanders

Question 19

What are contour feathers responsible for?

Answer 19

Flight