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7 Science Test 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Feathers and bills are both made of what substance? | Keratin |
| A Hummingbird remaining stationary in the air is engaging in? | Hovering |
| Identify the nutrient rich fluid that feeds and unhatched chick. | Yolk |
| What is the region of an egg where the embryo develops? | Germinal Spot |
| Using thermals to gain altitude without expending energy is called? | soaring |
| What is the outermost shell of an egg made of? | Calcium carbonate |
| whippoorwills, which catch insects in flight, have which type of bill? | Gaping |
| To allow chicks to develop properly, eggs must be kept warm through? | incubation |
| which type of flight allows birds to coast "downhill" | gliding |
| songbirds, with their three forward toes and one hind toes have what type of feet? | perching |
| colors, patterns, and markings that are characteristics of a specific bird species are known as? | Field marks |
| which type of chicks are featherless and helpless when they hatch? | Altricial |
| which group of birds does not provide any parental care for their young? | megapodes |
| what is the fastest flying bird | peregrine falcon |
| birds that sit on their eggs lose feathers from their _____ to transfer heat to their eggs more effectively | brood patch |
| List four of the six categories of birds used by birdwatchers | perching birds, birds of prey, water birds, game birds, flightless birds, tropical birds |
| List four of the six characteristics common to all members of class Aves, both living and extinct | Bipedal, warm-blooded, vertebrates, feathers, scaly legs, wings |
| Lable the parts of the feather (will need an image to practice this) | shaft, barbule, barb and vane |
| Many birds have _____ vision, which allows each of their eyes to see a different portion of the world | monocular |
| migration routes followed year after year are known as | flyways |
| birds are born with built-in knowledge known as ? | instinct |
| birds preform _____ migration when they migrate relatively short distances by moving up and down a mountain. | altitudinal |
| in an activity called ____, smaller birds will harass a larger bird | mobbing |
| Many birds practice _____, a type of bathing that does not use water. | dusting |
| Birds use ants to clean their plumage in an activity called ? | anting |
| Produces oil that birds spread over their feathers | preen gland |
| strong feathers found on a bird's body, wings and tail | contour |
| retractable group of feathers supported by a bird's "thumb" bone | alula |
| a ridge on the sternum | keel |
| produces sound without vocal cords | syrinx |
| feathers extending from a birds "hand" to the tip of its wing | primary flight |
| used to raise the wings | pectoralis minor |
| the wing bone to which the major flight muscles connect | humerus |
| a food storage sac in a bird's esophagus | crop |
| soft, fluffy, feathers found close to a birds body | down |
| used to grind food and make it more easily absorbed | gizzard |
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