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Zoology 1/Test 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are all the eggs in a nest called? | Clutch |
| The developing chick inside an egg | Embryo |
| What is the sharp notch on the top of the baby bird's beak? | Egg Tooth |
| What a male bird is doing when he tries to win a female bird, displaying bright colors and fancy flight | Courting |
| This is when other birds assist the parent birds in raising their young | Cooperative Breeding |
| When birds are born without feathers and are born blind, completely dependent upon their parents for survival | Altricial |
| An egg that does not contain an embryo | Unfertilized |
| The outside of an egg shell | Cuticle |
| The yellow center of an egg, containing food for the embryo to consume while growing inside the egg | Yolks |
| Birds born with feathers and the ability to see and move about | Precocial |
| The tiny circle that initially makes up the developing embryo in the egg | Germinal Disk |
| This is what a bird is doing when the parent bird continues to sit upon the newly hatched birds to keep them warm | Brooding |
| Know the difference between nestlings and fledglings | See page 98 |
| Be able to label egg diagram with all parts | See page 94 |