Test 10 Flashcards
Ostriches and Emus are examples of what
Flightless birds
Bird that was hunted so much it went extinct
Passenger pigeon
Animal or plant that has died and is gone off the planet
Extinct
Songbirds are what category
Perching birds
Fastest living creature
Peregrine falcon
What family are wolves in
Canine
Scientific name for quill
Rachis
Rumenence with antlers
Deer
Animal or plant that is almost gone
Endangered
Humming bird flight pattern
Special flight pattern
Least carnivorous of the carnivores
Bears
Flight that requires flapping the wings
Powered flight
Outward extension on a birds sternum
Keel
Flat portion of the feather made up of
Barbs
Hollow structures on the head
Horns
Type of flight going up in circles
Soaring
Soft fluffy feathers close to the birds body
Down feathers
Parrots and toucans are examples of
Tropical birds
Bird that went extinct in the 1600s because of the monkeys
Dodo bird
3rd eyelid most reptiles have
Nictitating membrane
Large and thick toenails (found on cows and horses)
Hooves
Scientific name for egg white
Albumen
Storage chamber organ for birds
Crop
Birds moving to different region
Migration
Twisted cords in the egg to keep it upright
Chalaza (chalazae: plural)
Bones in birds that are different then other animals
They’re hollow
Flat portion of the feather
Vane
Unlearned knowledge of animals when they’re born
Instinct
Thumb of the bird
Alula
Birds best sense
Sight
Born helpless and useless
Altrictial
Group of birds that eagles and owls belong to
Birds of prey
How many heart chambers do birds have
3
Keeping eggs warm
Incubation
Born being able to run and swim
Precocial
Most numerous of reptiles
Lizards
Widespread of reptiles
Snakes
Organ that crushes foods for birds
Gizzards
Rumenence with horns
Bovids
Snake movement method that involves coiling the body
Concertina
Allows marine birds to ingest salt water safely
Salt gland
Section of no feathers on a bird body for warmth
Brood patch
Lizard defends itself by:
Detaching tail
When the egg hatches in the mother before it is born
Ovoviviparous
Snakes alternates to go straight ahead
Rectilinear
Snake supports its body to move sideways
Sidewindings
To cross through loose sand snake movement
Sidewinding
Animals that don’t chew the cud
Cecum
Bird claims land and drives other out
Territoriality
What about bird red blood cells that are different than other animals
Nuclei
A large group of birds
Flock
Snakes hollow teeth that shoot venom
Fangs
Python is what family of snakes
Constrictor
Route birds use for migration
Flyways
Heaviest freshwater turtles
Alligator snapping turtle
Reptiles with a shell
Turtles
Largest living turtles
Marine turtles
Sensory depression between eyes and nose to find heat
Pit organ (Pit vipers have these)
Large group of extinct animals than resemble lizards
Dinosaurs
Snake retractable fangs in upper jaw
Vipers
Land turtles
Tortoise
Ducks and flamingos are examples of what
Water birds
Largest reptiles
Crocodillians
2 footed anatomy
Pideal
Largest group of snakes
Colubrids
Single member of the cat family
Housecat, cheetah, lion, tiger, jaguar, etc.
Snakes immovable fangs for snakes
Elapids
What kind of eye does a tuatara have
Parietal eye
Most common snake movement
Lateral undulation
No flapping, but going horizontally
Gliding
Birds voice box
Syrinx
Body temperature varys
Poikilothermic
Organ snake uses to smell
Jacobson’s organ
Largest lizard
Komodo dragon
Bone for snake to hear
Quadrate bone
What is a turtles shell called
Carapace
The state of summer dormancy or limited activity
Estivation
Reptiles with a shell and toothless jaws
Turtle
The turtle’s lower shell
Plastron
Toxin that affects the nervous system, which controls the functioning of the heart, lungs, and muscles
Neurotoxin (Nerve poison)
Poison that damages blood vessels and destroys red blood cells
Hemotoxin
Antibodies that attack the toxin molecules and neutralize their effects
Antitoxins
The longest snake of North America
Indigo snake
The largest known snake
Anaconda
Smallest snake
Blind snake
What lizard changes colors
Chameleon
What family of lizards does the komodo dragon belong to
Monitor lizards
What does homeothermic mean
Same temperature
Lizards and snakes order name
What is the order name for the turtle
Squamata which means “scaly”
Chelonia which means tortoise or turtle
What word is “reptile” derived from
Repere in latin, it means “to creep”
