Exam 9 Birds, Mammals, etc. Flashcards
(38 cards)
What is countershading?
C
Lighter ventral/belly area colors, darker dorsal/back colors. Better Camouflage.
What are Preen Gland?
Secrets oil that helps waterproof and maintain feathers.
What are the four types of teeth?
Incisors (Biting and cuting food)
Canines (Tearing and holding meat or pray )
Premolars (Grinding soft food)
Molars (Grinding hard food)
D
What are the charcteristics of flight feathers?
B
Stiff, colorful, large, long, water repellency, wing/tail
B
What are monotremes?
E
they lay eggs, but have characteristics of mamals.
What is ornithology?
a
The study of birds.
What is the neocortex?
E
the outermost layer of the mammalian brain - responsible for higher order brain functions
What Do Canines do?
D14
They tear meat and are used for piercing meat and holding prey.
What is locomotion?
Give examples.
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Locomotion is movement.
This includes walking, running, swimming, flying, and gliding.
D9.1 - final slide
Do birds have true teeth with their beaks?
a
No.
Birds have beaks but do not have any true teeth.
Does a big brain mean that an animal is more intelligent?
E
no
What is fur, hair, nails, hooves, antlers, and horns made up of?
Keratin
What are ruminants?
Animals that are commonly used for food; cows, sheep, goat, deer, etc.
F
What exactly makes a mammal?
B
All mammals have fur, or hair.Mammals have hair or fur; are warm-blooded; most are born alive; the young are fed milk produced by the mother’s mammary glands; and they have a more complex brain than other animals
live birth except for monotremes, which lay eggs
4 chambered hearts
Carnivores eat what?
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meat
other animals
Sharks, penguins, and dolphins have similar structures. What is the belief that they evolved independantly called?
D9.1 - final slide
Evolutionist Worldview
of Analogous Structures
D9.1- last slide
What is the neocortex called in birds?
E
the pallium
What are the charteristics of contour feathers?
outer feathers, help shape the breast and other areas
Birds are the only animals that have feathers.
True or false.
a
True.
What makes Eutherians different from other mammals?
E
fully develop inside mother’s uterus thanks to complex placenta that fully nourishes and develops fetus
What does viviparous mean?
live birth, specialized teeth, intelegent, and social.
What would a lion be; what would it eat?
Carnivore- Meat
D
What is Bernoulli’s Principle?
The faster that a gas or liquid moves,the less pressure it exerts on a surface
What is a Marsupial?
E
it gives birth to undeveloped fetus.
