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7th Grade Ch 8
Chapter 8 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Songbirds, with their 3 forward toes and one hind toe, have what type of feet? | perching |
| 2. Which type of flight allows birds to coast “downhill”? | gliding |
| 3. To allow chicks to develop properly, eggs must be kept warm through ________. | incubation |
| 4. Whippoorwills, which catch insects in flight, have which type of bill? | gaping bill |
| 5. What is the outermost shell of an egg made of? | calcium carbonate |
| 6. Using thermals to gain altitude without expending energy is called _________. | soaring |
| 7. What is the region of an egg where the embryo develops? | germinal spot |
| 8. Identify the nutrient-rich fluid that feeds an unhatched chick? | yolk |
| 9. A hummingbird remaining stationary in the air is engaging in _______. | hovering |
| 10. Feathers and bills are both made of what substance? | keratin |
| 11. Colors, patterns, and markings that are characteristic of a specific bird species are known as _______. | fieldmarks |
| 12. Which type of chicks are featherless and helpless when they hatch? | altricial |
| 13. Which group of birds does not provide any parental care for their young? | megapodes |
| 14. What is the fastest flying bird? | peregrine falcon |
| 15. Birds that sit on their eggs lose feathers from their _______ to transfer heat to their eggs more effectively. | brood patch |
| 16. List 4 out of the 6 categories of birds. | game, water, flightless, tropical |
| 17. List 4 out of the 6 characteristics common to all members of class Aves, both living and extinct. | wings, tails, bills, feet |
| 18. Many birds have ______ vision. | monocular |
| 19. Migration routes followed year after year are known as _________________. | flyways |
| 20. Birds are born with a built-in knowledge called __________. | instincts |
| 21. Birds perform ______ migration when they migrate relatively short distances by moving up and down a mountain. | altitudinal |
| 22. In an activity called _______, smaller birds will harass a larger bird. | mobbing |
| 23. Many birds practice _________, a type of bathing that does not use water. | dusting |
| 24. Birds use ants to clean their plumage in an activity called ___________. | anting |
| 25. What is used to grind food and make it more easily absorbed? | gizzard |
| 26. What are soft, fluffy feathers found close to a bird’s body? | downy feathers |
| 27. What is a food storage sac in a bird’s esophagus? | crop |
| 28. What is the wing bone to which the major flight muscles connect? | humerus |
| 29. What is used to raise the wings? | pectorals |
| 30. What are the feathers extending from a bird’s “hand” to the tip of its wing? | primary flight feathers |
| 31. What produces sound without vocal cords? | syrinx |
| 32. What is a ridge on the sternum? | keel |
| 33. What is a retractable group of feathers supported by a bird’s “thumb” bone? | alula |
| 34. What are strong feathers found on a bird’s body, wings and tails? | contour feathers |
| 35. What produces oil that birds spread over their feathers? | preen gland |
| Be able to label these parts of a feather: shaft, barb, barbule, vane | |
| Compare and contrast a bird’s respiratory system to that of a mammal. | Birds breathe 2x to 3x faster than we do. |
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