Bird Biology Test Classification

Question 1

How many species of birds are there?

Answer 1

There are at least 9,000 birds

Question 2

What is the class name for birds? What does it mean in Latin?

Answer 2

Class name: “Ave”

Latin : “aves” anything related to birds

Question 3

How many orders are there of birds

Answer 3

There are 27 orders of birds

Question 4

Morphological

Answer 4

The study of form and structure of anything.

The study of how things are put together.

Question 5

What are the 4 morphological evidence that seperate birds into different orders and families

Answer 5

Beaks, plumage, bone structure, and feet

Question 6

What are other ways that scientists classify birds into Orders and Families?

Answer 6

Musculature, behavior, and song

Question 7

Define phylogenetic

Answer 7

The development or evolutions of a particular group of organisms.

Question 8

What are the 3 phylogenetic evidences that scientists use to classify birds into Orders and Families?

Answer 8

Blood proteins, chromosomes, and DNA