Science Testez? Flashcards

1
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family wolves belong to

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canine

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2
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group eagles and owls belong to

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birds of prey

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3
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fastest living creature

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peregrine falcon

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4
Q

songbirds fall into this category

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perching birds

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5
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ostriches and emus category

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flightless birds

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6
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turkeys and peacocks

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games birds

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7
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went extinct in the 1800s

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passenger pigeon

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8
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provide wing shape for flight

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flight feathers

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9
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soft fluffy feathers

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down feathers

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10
Q

the quill scientific name

A

rachis

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11
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flat portion of the feather

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vein

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12
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what is the vein made up of

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barbs

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13
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involves flapping of the wings

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powered flight

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14
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involves no flapping and goes in circles

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soaring

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15
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what flight pattern does the hummingbird use

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special flight pattern

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16
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what is horizontal flight

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gliding

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17
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characteristic of a birds bones

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hollow

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18
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a bird’s thumb

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alula

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19
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ridge of the sternum

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keel

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20
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birds sense that is better than other animals

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sight

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21
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third eyelid

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nictitating membrane

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22
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crushes and grinds food in the stomach

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gizzard

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23
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ingests sea water

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salt gland

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24
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voicebox of the bird

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what do a birds red blood cells have that mammals red blood cells don't have
a nucleus
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large groups of birds
flock
27
birds migration route
flyways
28
egg-white in an egg
albumen
29
allow for germinal spot to stay on top
chalazae
30
keeping eggs warm
incubation
31
looses feathers to keep eggs warm
brood patch
32
born helpless after hatching
atricial
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can fly and swim after hatching
precocial
34
birds drive other birds out of area
territoriality
35
animal whose blood temperature varies
Poikilothermic
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number of heart chambers a reptile has
3 an exception are the crocodilians (4)
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what is it called when an egg hatches inside the mother
ovoviviparious
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most numerous of the reptiles
lizards
39
lizard defense mechanism
detaching tail
40
most widespread reptile
snake
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stalking prey movement
rectilinear
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movement most snakes use
lateral undulation
43
cross loose sand
sidewinding
44
coiling of the body and anchoring the head
concertina
45
snake hearing bone
quadrate
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alternate stretching snake movement
rectilinear
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category pythons are in
constrictors
48
largest group of snakes
colubrates
49
hollow teeth used for injecting venom
fangs
50
immovable fangs
elapids
51
which snakes have retractable fangs
vipers
52
which snakes have sensory depression
pit viper
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what is a reptile with a shell
turtle
54
largest lizard
komodo dragon
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largest freshwater turtle
alligator snapping turtle
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largest living turtles
marine turtles
57
land turtles
tortiose
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largest living reptile
crocodilians
59
parietal eye
tuatara