Exploring Biology Chapters 12-14

Question 1

Has a long, thin beak that is like a hollow straw

Answer 1

hummingbird

Question 2

Can mimic human speech

Answer 2

parrot

Question 3

The man who glued together parts to make a feathered dinosaur fossil did it:

Answer 3

to make the fossil more valuable

Question 4

What birds did the British use to fly messages during the war with Napoleon?

Answer 4

pigeons

Question 5

The Piltdown man deception began with the discovery of:

Answer 5

part of a skull

Question 6

When was the fact that the feathered dinosaur fossil was a fraud was discovered?

Answer 6

after it was made public

Question 7

Rather than teeth for crushing food, birds have a ________________ filled with grit and small stones.

Answer 7

gizzard

Question 8

Large bird capable of killing a human

Answer 8

cassowary

Question 9

Why do birds eat seeds and insects rather than grasses?

Answer 9

They need high-energy food.

Question 10

What is the one feature that is true of all mammals?

Answer 10

the female provide milk for the young

Question 11

thick, heavyset, and flightless, this bird is extinct

Answer 11

dodo

Question 12

Robert Virchow described the bones found in the ___ as being from a short but stout human being.

Answer 12

Neander Valley

Question 13

Animals such as squirrels and beavers are examples of

Answer 13

rodents

Question 14

Name some Neanderthal tools found

Answer 14

stone clubs, spear points, a flute, and other items have been found.

Question 15

Does the milk of horses or seals contain more fat?

Answer 15

seals

Question 16

The classification of humans, Homo sapiens, means:

Answer 16

wise man

Question 17

An example of a mammal that spends most of its time underground is the

Answer 17

mole

Question 18

Are birds cold-blooded or warm-blooded?

Answer 18

warm-blooded

Question 19

Compared to other vertebrates, birds have hearts that beat ___ quickly.

Answer 19

more

Question 20

Has a long, dagger-like beak used to spear fish

Answer 20

anhinga

Question 21

Migrates from Arctic to Antarctic

Answer 21

Arctic tern

Question 22

Archaeologists study ___.

Answer 22

past human life

Question 23

A deliberate deception designed to gain money or something of value is a

Answer 23

fraud

Question 24

A paleontologist studies

Answer 24

a past life

Question 25

The word *nocturnal* means

Answer 25

active of night

Question 26

Birds grown for human consumption are referred to as

Answer 26

poultry

Question 27

The phony bones of Piltdown man were uncovered in:

Answer 27

England

Question 28

Why are the platypus and spiny anteater, who lay eggs rather than give live birth, classified as mammals?

Answer 28

They both produce milk for their young.

Question 29

When Xu Xing, the Chinese scientist, found the other fossil slab in China, he discovered that it ___ the one in the United States.

Answer 29

did not match

Question 30

Why did Maria see the painted bulls on the ceiling, but her father had overlooked them?

Answer 30

He had to stoop to go in and never thought to look overhead.

Question 31

Once numerous in the United States, now extinct

Answer 31

passenger pigeon

Question 32

A four-chambered heart is actually ___ separate blood pumps.

Answer 32

two

Question 33

Cheetahs catch their prey primarily by

Answer 33

chasing them down

Question 34

used to hunt small game

Answer 34

falcon

Question 35

Name some characteristics of mammals

Answer 35

warm-blooded, vertebrates, have a four-chambered heart, have sweat glands

Question 36

The mammal that can fly is the

Answer 36

bat

Question 37

Cats are mammals, in the order carnivore, and belong to the family

Answer 37

feline