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Exam 9 Birds, Mammals, etc. Flashcards

1
Q

What is countershading?

C

A

Lighter ventral/belly area colors, darker dorsal/back colors. Better Camouflage.

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2
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What are Preen Gland?

A

Secrets oil that helps waterproof and maintain feathers.

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3
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What are the four types of teeth?

A

Incisors (Biting and cuting food)
Canines (Tearing and holding meat or pray )
Premolars (Grinding soft food)
Molars (Grinding hard food)

D

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4
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What are the charcteristics of flight feathers?

B

A

Stiff, colorful, large, long, water repellency, wing/tail

B

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5
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What are monotremes?

E

A

they lay eggs, but have characteristics of mamals.

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6
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What is ornithology?

a

A

The study of birds.

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7
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What is the neocortex?

E

A

the outermost layer of the mammalian brain - responsible for higher order brain functions

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8
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What Do Canines do?

D14

A

They tear meat and are used for piercing meat and holding prey.

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9
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What is locomotion?
Give examples.

D9.1- found on final slide

A

Locomotion is movement.
This includes walking, running, swimming, flying, and gliding.

D9.1 - final slide

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10
Q

Do birds have true teeth with their beaks?

a

A

No.

Birds have beaks but do not have any true teeth.

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11
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Does a big brain mean that an animal is more intelligent?

E

A

no

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12
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What is fur, hair, nails, hooves, antlers, and horns made up of?

A

Keratin

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13
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What are ruminants?

A

Animals that are commonly used for food; cows, sheep, goat, deer, etc.

F

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14
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What exactly makes a mammal?

B

A

All mammals have fur, or hair.Mammals have hair or fur; are warm-blooded; most are born alive; the young are fed milk produced by the mother’s mammary glands; and they have a more complex brain than other animals

live birth except for monotremes, which lay eggs

4 chambered hearts

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15
Q

Carnivores eat what?

D14

A

meat

other animals

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16
Q

Sharks, penguins, and dolphins have similar structures. What is the belief that they evolved independantly called?

D9.1 - final slide

A

Evolutionist Worldview
of Analogous Structures

D9.1- last slide

17
Q

What is the neocortex called in birds?

E

A

the pallium

18
Q

What are the charteristics of contour feathers?

A

outer feathers, help shape the breast and other areas

19
Q

Birds are the only animals that have feathers.

True or false.

a

A

True.

20
Q

What makes Eutherians different from other mammals?

E

A

fully develop inside mother’s uterus thanks to complex placenta that fully nourishes and develops fetus

21
Q

What does viviparous mean?

A

live birth, specialized teeth, intelegent, and social.

22
Q

What would a lion be; what would it eat?

A

Carnivore- Meat

D

23
Q

What is Bernoulli’s Principle?

A

The faster that a gas or liquid moves,the less pressure it exerts on a surface

24
Q

What is a Marsupial?

E

A

it gives birth to undeveloped fetus.

25
Q

What are homologous structures?

D20

A

they are body parts of different organisms with similar structure because they share common ancestry

26
Q

Whar are the charcteristics of down feathers?

A

Thermal insulation, thing, stringy, soft, inner layer closest to the skin

27
Q

How many chambers does a birds heart have

A2

A

4 chambered heart

28
Q

What bird has a strong and pointed beak to drill holes

b

A

Woodpecker

29
Q

What are examples of waterfowl birds?

A

Ducks, Geese, Swans

30
Q

Are birds ectotherms?

a

A

No

They are endotherms.

31
Q

what are the birds of prey

a

A

owls, hawks, eagles

32
Q

What are examples of flightless birds?

A

Ostriches, emus, kiwis, penguins

33
Q

what is a Eutherian

E9.1

A

we are eutherians, They fully develop in the mothers womb they are also have placenta’s which feed the baby

34
Q

what are the passerine birds

a

A

(perching/song birds) cardinals, crows, sparrows, jays, finches

35
Q

What would a giraffe be?
What would it eat?

A

Herbivores- Eat plants/vegetation

D

36
Q

What is the term for an animal that lays eggs

A2

A

Oviparous

37
Q

What would a dog be and what would it eat?

A

Omnivore- Meat and plants

D

38
Q

What is the only
bone we have talked about in a duck

A

Keel bone

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