Exploring Biology Chapters 12-14 Flashcards
Has a long, thin beak that is like a hollow straw
hummingbird
Can mimic human speech
parrot
The man who glued together parts to make a feathered dinosaur fossil did it:
to make the fossil more valuable
What birds did the British use to fly messages during the war with Napoleon?
pigeons
The Piltdown man deception began with the discovery of:
part of a skull
When was the fact that the feathered dinosaur fossil was a fraud was discovered?
after it was made public
Rather than teeth for crushing food, birds have a ________________ filled with grit and small stones.
gizzard
Large bird capable of killing a human
cassowary
Why do birds eat seeds and insects rather than grasses?
They need high-energy food.
What is the one feature that is true of all mammals?
the female provide milk for the young
thick, heavyset, and flightless, this bird is extinct
dodo
Robert Virchow described the bones found in the ___ as being from a short but stout human being.
Neander Valley
Animals such as squirrels and beavers are examples of
rodents
Name some Neanderthal tools found
stone clubs, spear points, a flute, and other items have been found.
Does the milk of horses or seals contain more fat?
seals
The classification of humans, Homo sapiens, means:
wise man
An example of a mammal that spends most of its time underground is the
mole
Are birds cold-blooded or warm-blooded?
warm-blooded
Compared to other vertebrates, birds have hearts that beat ___ quickly.
more
Has a long, dagger-like beak used to spear fish
anhinga
Migrates from Arctic to Antarctic
Arctic tern
Archaeologists study ___.
past human life
A deliberate deception designed to gain money or something of value is a
fraud
A paleontologist studies
a past life
The word nocturnal means
active of night
Birds grown for human consumption are referred to as
poultry
The phony bones of Piltdown man were uncovered in:
England
Why are the platypus and spiny anteater, who lay eggs rather than give live birth, classified as mammals?
They both produce milk for their young.
When Xu Xing, the Chinese scientist, found the other fossil slab in China, he discovered that it ___ the one in the United States.
did not match
Why did Maria see the painted bulls on the ceiling, but her father had overlooked them?
He had to stoop to go in and never thought to look overhead.
Once numerous in the United States, now extinct
passenger pigeon
A four-chambered heart is actually ___ separate blood pumps.
two
Cheetahs catch their prey primarily by
chasing them down
used to hunt small game
falcon
Name some characteristics of mammals
warm-blooded, vertebrates, have a four-chambered heart, have sweat glands
The mammal that can fly is the
bat
Cats are mammals, in the order carnivore, and belong to the family
feline
