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33 Cards in this Set
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How are birds important to the world.
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food, pest control
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List 2 ways that different birds court/mate.
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vary
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Give 3 descriptive facts about lizards.
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they have clawed toes, external ears, moveable eyelids, and many types of eating habits.
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What is the only living dinasaur type reptile
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tuatara
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List 3 well developed responses that birds have.
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vary
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Give the defination of both the tortise and the turtle
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turtle lives in water
tortise lives on land |
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List 2 features of snakes
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have scales, have fangs, no legs, slither, eat things bigger than them, unhinge jaws
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How do reptiles excrete waste
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they remove it using the cloaca.
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Give 2 comparisons of crocodiles and alligators and 2 differences between them.
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likes: crocodilia, have teeth, eat meat, raise young
diff: salt/fresh water, bigger, live in other places, climate |
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What is a bird?
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an animal that has feathers and wings, and can fly, hatches babys, and cares for them
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What is bird feces made up of.`
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nitrogenous compounds and uric acid.
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How are birds and reptiles similar?
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vary
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What is the difference between oviparous and ovoviviparous?
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one lays eggs, one has live birth
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List 3 types of birds
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song, prey, aquatic, flightless
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List and describe the three types of feathers.
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down, countour, and powder
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What kind of heart do birds they have.
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4-chambered
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What importance does the crop and the gizzard have.
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the crop stores food, the gizzard grinds and breaks down.
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List the 3 major types of beaks that birds have for different feeding purposes.
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long, nectar
short, nuts curved, tearing flat, straining |
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What is the importance of the air sac in the birds.
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allow them to fly
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Describe how birds reproduce.
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They fertilize internally and lay eggs.
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How do snakes taste
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they use the Jacobson's organ
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Describe an amniotic egg
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An egg that is surrounded by a shell and a membrane. This egg allows for life on land.
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What is a reptile
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a vertebrate that has lungs, lives outside of water, and has a special type of egg
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Describe how birds fly.
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in a figure 8 fashion
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How do reptiles breathe
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they use lungs that are located inside the body. Snakes only have one lung.
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What is a double-loop system
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It is the reptile circulation system. One takes oxygen poor blood, and one takes oxygen rich blood.
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List 2 ways that reptiles eat
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herbavores, carnivours, eggs, fish, use their tounges, extend jaws
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List 3 types of reptiles
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turtles, tortises, snakes, lizards, chamaleons, kimodo dragons, gila mosters
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Define both ectotherm and endotherm when dealing with animals.
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ecto - cold blooded
endo - warm blooded |
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How do reptiles reproduce?
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internally, and sexually
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Give 2 ways reptiles are important to the world.
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vary
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What does a reptiles skin consist of?
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It consists of scales, or a leathery type apperance.
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List 2 uses for snakes fangs
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poisoning and killing prey
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