Bio Final

Front 1

how many extang groups of reptiles are there

Back 1

five

Front 2

what is the idffernce between flying and gliding

Back 2

gliding sustain flight no tjust falling slowly

Front 3

how many groups of vertebrates truly evolved flight

Back 3

three

Front 4

there are how many extand species of birds

Back 4

10,00

Front 5

birds are extand group of what

Back 5

dinosaurs

Front 6

what makes the respiartory system of birds super efficent

Back 6

sacs allows them to keep fuly oxygenated air in contact w. their lungs to inhale and exhale

Front 7

what mounatians do bar headed gesse mirgrate over

Back 7

himalaya mountains in asia

Front 8

what are the unusual charactertsitcs of the avian bird skelteon

Back 8

cross section through a leg bone

Front 9

what do birds have instead of teeth and what other repitles also lacks teeth

Back 9

serratted edges/hooks on their beaks

turtles

Front 10

what does bipedal mean

Back 10

the only walk on two legs

Front 11

how do the ways birds and humans walk and run fundamentally differ

Back 11

birds are kneww walkers
movement occurs a their kneww and ankle

Front 12

why do most groups of birds have a very large crest of bone extending from their sternum(breast bone)

Back 12

prives a place for their large flight muscles

Front 13

how is the skelton of flightless birds usually differnt from those of flying birds

Back 13

bones are denser and dont have a creast of a bone sticking out
dnt need large flight muscle

Front 14

what structure have penguins retained that other kinds of flightless birds have lost

Back 14

have crest on their sterum because they use their wings to swim

Front 15

were the distand ancestros penguins able to fly

Back 15

yes

Front 16

feathers are modified

Back 16

reptile scales

Front 17

what are the functions of bird feather

Back 17

prived insulation

Front 18

why do birds fluff up their feather when they are cold

Back 18

creates more speaces to trap heat in pockets of air that radiates from their warm bodies

Front 19

what are the feathers on the wingd and tails of lying birds asmmetrical wider on one side than the other(this was also true of gliding feathered dinasaurs

Back 19

createres more lift

Front 20

what two ways can feather color be produced

Back 20

pigment and color of an object is the result of the colors they reflect

Front 21

how do the ways birds and humans walk and run fundamentally differ

Back 21

birds are kneww walkers
movement occurs a their kneww and ankle

Front 22

why do most groups of birds have a very large crest of bone extending from their sternum(breast bone)

Back 22

prives a place for their large flight muscles

Front 23

how is the skelton of flightless birds usually differnt from those of flying birds

Back 23

bones are denser and dont have a creast of a bone sticking out
dnt need large flight muscle

Front 24

what structure have penguins retained that other kinds of flightless birds have lost

Back 24

have crest on their sterum because they use their wings to swim

Front 25

were the distand ancestros penguins able to fly

Back 25

yes

Front 26

feathers are modified

Back 26

reptile scales

Front 27

what are the functions of bird feather

Back 27

prived insulation

Front 28

why do birds fluff up their feather when they are cold

Back 28

creates more speaces to trap heat in pockets of air that radiates from their warm bodies

Front 29

what are the feathers on the wingd and tails of lying birds asmmetrical wider on one side than the other(this was also true of gliding feathered dinasaurs

Back 29

createres more lift

Front 30

what two ways can feather color be produced

Back 30

pigment and color of an object is the result of the colors they reflect

Front 31

which way are the blue feathers always the result of

Back 31

mocrosopic structure

Front 32

what are the functions of the crop and gizzard and why do some birds swallow rocks

Back 32

CROP-sac used to store

GIZZARD- muscular portion of stomach

to grind and crush food for food later

Front 33

what unuaual sensory abilty do some birds have and use to navigate while migrating

Back 33

magnectoreception

Front 34

what is culture in animals

Back 34

complex learned behaviors

Front 35

what unusual to birds,sensory ability do oilbirds have

Back 35

use sounds to naviate using sonar

Front 36

what flightless bird groups sensory ability do oilbirds have

Back 36

use sounds to naviagte using sonar

Front 37

which flightless bird groups have been flightless for more than 50 million years

Back 37

ostriches, penguins

Front 38

what allowed kakapos and dodos to envolve to lose the ability to fly through natural selection

Back 38

terrestrial predators

Front 39

did featheres oringally evoldve for flight in dinasaurs

Back 39

yes

Front 40

birds probaly evolved from asmall predatory arboreal glidding dinasour like micropaptor so what charasterstic of their feathers show they were gliuders

Back 40

to short and muscles to week to power flight

Front 41

what was archaeoptyerx

Back 41

oldest know bird species

Front 42

what is unusual about the tongues of woodpeckers

Back 42

long wrapped around over the top their skin

Front 43

why do wood peckers osmetimes rapidly hammer on trees

Back 43

territorial displays

Front 44

where are hummingbirds found

Back 44

tropical, subtropical and temperate america

Front 45

what do hummingbirds eat

Back 45

nectar and insects

Front 46

why must hummingbirders enter a topor each night

Back 46

to avoid straving at night

Front 47

what is a torport

Back 47

short term hibernation

Front 48

why do owls looks like hawks falcons and eagles

Back 48

convergent evolution

Front 49

what is the tapetum lucidum and what is its function

Back 49

relective crystaline layer at the back of the retina that reflects light back towards its photoreceptive cells.

it makes their eyes glow white even a light is shined on them