Birds

Question 1

What makes a bird a bird?

Answer 1

Wings
Feathers
Warm Blooded (endothermic)
Vertebrates
Lay Eggs
Beaks

Question 2

Avain

Answer 2

Bird

Question 3

Hen

Answer 3

Female bird of breeding age

Question 4

Cock

Answer 4

Male bird of breeding age

Question 5

Brood

Answer 5

Young Birds of breeding age

Question 6

Clutch

Answer 6

Total number of eggs in a nest

Question 7

Incubate

Answer 7

Keeping eggs warm until hatching

Question 8

Chick

Answer 8

New Born Bird

Question 9

Fledgling

Answer 9

Young bird that has been left in nest, but not independent yet

Question 10

Flock

Answer 10

Group of birds

Question 11

Monogamous

Answer 11

Having only one mate at a time -VERY common in birds

Question 12

Altricial Young

Answer 12

Most flighted birds
Cant fly yet and rely on parents

Question 13

Precocial young

Answer 13

Most ground dwelling birds
Dont rely on parents
Can already walk and feed self

Question 14

Alula

Answer 14

Thumb

Question 15

Covert

Answer 15

Cover Feather

Question 16

Primary

Answer 16

End flight

Question 17

Secondary

Answer 17

Close to body flight

Question 18

Scapulars

Answer 18

Covers Chest

Question 19

Most birds are

Answer 19

Omnivors

Question 20

Crop

Answer 20

Acts like a holding tank for food
below the esophagus

Question 21

Gizzard

Answer 21

Filter system that breaks down hard foods (such as shells or bones:
Takes Place of teeth

Question 22

Proventriculus

Answer 22

Connects the crop to Gizzard.
Secretes digestive enzymes
Similar to Stomach

Question 23

Cloaca (Vent)

Answer 23

Serves as a rectum