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Zoology 1/Test 4

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Patterns of stars in the sky   Constellations  
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The ability a bird has to reach its destination without getting lost   Homing Instinct  
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Donut shaped heat pockets in the air upon which some birds surf or glide   Thermals  
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What we call it when a bird's flight muscles pull the wing down   Down Stroke  
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Chemicals in a living creature that regulate behavior. These are believed to tell a bird when to migrate   Hormones  
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A device sailors once used to measure the position of the stars in order to navigate   Sextant  
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3 Specific things birds use for navigation   Landmarks, Sun & Stars, Magnetic Field  
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The length of a day   Photoperiod  
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When animals sleep during the winter   Hibernate  
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What we call it when a bird's flight muscles pull the wings up   Up Stroke  
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The bone that makes up the bird's wing   Humerus (be able to locate and label)  
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The bone attached to the bird's flight muscles   Keel (be able to loate and label)  
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Be able to explain the different ways a bird steers   Tail used as a rudder, tilting onew wing higher than the other, flapping one wing faster than the other  
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Be able to explain a bird's special breathing sysytem   See page 68  
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Explain why many birds fly in formation and name birds which do   See page 69  
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