virtibrates Flashcards
people who study birds
ornithologists
Parts of feathers
1) Vane
2) Rachis
3) Barb
zips the feathers together
barbule
fused clavicul
furcula
pulls wings down
pectorals
Supracoracoideus
pulls wings up
has different female for every mating season
polygamous
has several females
polygynous
mate for life
monogamous
or born in an advanced state and able to feed itself and move independently almost immediately.
precocial
) hatched or born helpless and requiring significant parental care.
(of a particular species) having altricial young.
altrocial
what percent or number of birds are perching birds
one half
what percent of birds migrate ?
20%
examples of water flow birds
ducks geese swan
what water flow birds mate for life
swan and geese
birds that often hunt for food
game birds
examples of game birds
quails
pheasants
and turkeys
game birds have ____bodies(plump)
gallinaceous
birds of prey
raptores
what do birds of pray or raptors have
- claw like talons
- sharp beaks
fastest bird
186 mph
largest raptor in N>A>
cali condor
why are flamingos colored pink
because of their diet
protects nest by faking injury
kill deer plover
bird that has two toes forward, two toes back
woodpecker
types of heterothermy
hibernation
torpor
the small age the mammal ……
thr higher the metabolism
inner hair characteristics
soft thick and warm
outer hair
stiffer gives shape; guard hair
? initiates milk products
sucking
largest mammalian order
rodentia
gnawing may kill trees; love salt
porcupine
largest rodent of NA
beaver
incredible engineer
beaver
have set off upper incisors
lagamorphs
characteristics of a hare
long hind legs
young born covered in hair
and with their eyes open, long ears
mass migrations
lemmings
what are pikas
lagamorphs
ungulates are mostly
ruminant
wild cats
felidae
largest bear
polar bear
delayed gestation
weasels
musk secreting gland
striped skunk
aggressiv, strong, destructive
wolverine
nocturnal ; eat anything but favor shellfish
raccoon
breath with lungs
marine mammals
pinnipeds
seals
eared seals
sea lions
true seals
elephant seals
walrus
largest seal ;can rotate flippers forward
ursidae
bears
requires warm water; birth a single offspring every 2-3 years (sea cow)
manatee
cetateans
whales
born tail first
whales
have what bone ; strain the small food organism out of the water
baleen whales
largest animals to ever live
blue whale
largest toothed whales
sperm whales
feed on cephalopods
sperm whales
feed on cephalopods
sperm whales
males has long spiral tusk
narwhal
smallest toothed whales
dolphins
prehensile tails; play dead, only marsupial in NA
opossum
tunnel experts with flexible hair ; may have skin that covers their eyes
moles
deadliest predator in relations to their size ;some have venomous glamd in lower jaw
shrew
only flying mammals; echo locate,
bat
armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)
armadillo
armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)
armadillo
larger bodies no tail higher intel. appendix
apes
no vocal cords
giraffes
things on top of a giraffe
ossicles
all places on earth where life exists
biosphere
average weather conditions; making influence factor for what lives in an area
climate
communities with similar climates a
biomes
has higher biodiversity; significant rainfall ;nutrient poor soil and has. multilayer structure
tropical rain forest
dominated by gymnosperms;
coníferous forest
boreal forest
north
costal forest
tallest trees
southeast
la olla pine
nutrient rich soils ; limited rain prevents trees; heavily grazed
grasslands
north american prairies
temperate grasslands.
temperate grasslands
savannah
chaparral
warm-hot ,rainy seasons, scattered shrubs/trees
savannah
shrubs with leathery leaves, wet,cool winters , warm dry summmers
chaparral
less than 10cm/tear-rain
variations, seeds sprout with rain succulent stems/leaves; spine
desserts
- Brief growing season
Permafrost
arctic tundra
- High marine biodiversity
2. Coral algae symbiosis
• Bleaching
coral reefs
A. Community of orgasnisms together with the non living components of their environment
ecosystem
producers
• Photoautotroph and chemoautotraphs
Community all population of all species living in a particular area
B. How communities differ habitat
factors that shape communities
a place with needed resources and tolerable conditions for an organism
habitat
a warm biome dominated by grasses wih a few scattered trees and shrubs
savannah
highest biodiversity
tropical rain forest
has permafrost
arctic tundra
north american prairie grass lands
less than 10 cm of rain in a year
desserts
shrubs with leathery leaves
chaparral
fresh water meets salt water
estuary
the study of rock and soil
geology
smallest unit of life
the cell
average weather condition in a region
the climate
naked seed
gymnosperm
flagelllated spores
chytrid
tong attached to the front of the mouth
frog
egg laying mammals
monotremes
