module 16 Flashcards
two differences between a salamander and a lizard
lizard has scales, salamander does not
lizard breathes through lungs, salamander breathes through skin
snout differences in alligators and crocodiles
alligators have short and thick snouts and their teeth fit inside
crocodiles have a long and skinny snouts and their teeth sticking out
what is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise
turtle has fins, tortoise has feet
List three ways that God designed the bodies of birds that helps them to fly
- light bones
- air sacs on lungs
- fast metabolism/rapid digestion
gestation
length of pregnancy
preening
spreading oil on the feathers to waterproof and condition them
Syrinx
special organ for bird song
contour feathers
on the outside of the bird giving appearance
down feathers
underneath the other feathers giving insulation
Jacobson’s organ
smell, determines chemicals
quadrate bone
jaw unhinges
scutes
special scales on snake
Plastron
belly shell on turtle
carapace
top shell on turtle
rumen
multi-chamber stomach
cud
redigested food
incisors
gnawing food
canines
tearing food
Molars
grinding food
mammary glands
mammals nurse young
larynx
voice box
placenta
protective layer that filters in food and oxygen and filters out waste
uterus
muscular chamber where young develop within the mother
umbilical cord
contains blood vessels to deliver food, oxygen to fetus and carry off waist