Test 10 Flashcards by Skylar McArthur

Ostriches and Emus are examples of what

Flightless birds

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Bird that was hunted so much it went extinct

Passenger pigeon

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Animal or plant that has died and is gone off the planet

Extinct

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Songbirds are what category

Perching birds

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Fastest living creature

Peregrine falcon

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What family are wolves in

Canine

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Scientific name for quill

Rachis

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Rumenence with antlers

Deer

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Animal or plant that is almost gone

Endangered

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Humming bird flight pattern

Special flight pattern

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Least carnivorous of the carnivores

Bears

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Flight that requires flapping the wings

Powered flight

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Outward extension on a birds sternum

Keel

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Flat portion of the feather made up of

Barbs

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Hollow structures on the head

Horns

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Type of flight going up in circles

Soaring

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Soft fluffy feathers close to the birds body

Down feathers

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Parrots and toucans are examples of

Tropical birds

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Bird that went extinct in the 1600s because of the monkeys

Dodo bird

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3rd eyelid most reptiles have

Nictitating membrane

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Large and thick toenails (found on cows and horses)

Hooves

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Scientific name for egg white

Albumen

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Storage chamber organ for birds

Crop

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Birds moving to different region

Migration

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Twisted cords in the egg to keep it upright

Chalaza (chalazae: plural)

Bones in birds that are different then other animals

They're hollow

Flat portion of the feather

Vane

Unlearned knowledge of animals when they're born

Instinct

Thumb of the bird

Alula

Birds best sense

Sight

Born helpless and useless

Altrictial

Group of birds that eagles and owls belong to

Birds of prey

How many heart chambers do birds have

Keeping eggs warm

Incubation

Born being able to run and swim

Precocial

Most numerous of reptiles

Lizards

Widespread of reptiles

Snakes

Organ that crushes foods for birds

Gizzards

Rumenence with horns

Bovids

Snake movement method that involves coiling the body

Concertina

Allows marine birds to ingest salt water safely

Salt gland

Section of no feathers on a bird body for warmth

Brood patch

Lizard defends itself by:

Detaching tail

When the egg hatches in the mother before it is born

Ovoviviparous

Snakes alternates to go straight ahead

Rectilinear

Snake supports its body to move sideways

Sidewindings

To cross through loose sand snake movement

Sidewinding

Animals that don't chew the cud

Cecum

Bird claims land and drives other out

Territoriality

What about bird red blood cells that are different than other animals

Nuclei

A large group of birds

Flock

Snakes hollow teeth that shoot venom

Fangs

Python is what family of snakes

Constrictor

Route birds use for migration

Flyways

Heaviest freshwater turtles

Alligator snapping turtle

Reptiles with a shell

Turtles

Largest living turtles

Marine turtles

Sensory depression between eyes and nose to find heat

Pit organ (Pit vipers have these)

Large group of extinct animals than resemble lizards

Dinosaurs

Snake retractable fangs in upper jaw

Vipers

Land turtles

Tortoise

Ducks and flamingos are examples of what

Water birds

Largest reptiles

Crocodillians

2 footed anatomy

Pideal

Largest group of snakes

Colubrids

Single member of the cat family

Housecat, cheetah, lion, tiger, jaguar, etc.

Snakes immovable fangs for snakes

Elapids

What kind of eye does a tuatara have

Parietal eye

Most common snake movement

Lateral undulation

No flapping, but going horizontally

Gliding

Birds voice box

Syrinx

Body temperature varys

Poikilothermic

Organ snake uses to smell

Jacobson's organ

Largest lizard

Komodo dragon

Bone for snake to hear

Quadrate bone

What is a turtles shell called

Carapace

The state of summer dormancy or limited activity

Estivation

Reptiles with a shell and toothless jaws

Turtle

The turtle’s lower shell

Plastron

Toxin that affects the nervous system, which controls the functioning of the heart, lungs, and muscles

Neurotoxin (Nerve poison)

Poison that damages blood vessels and destroys red blood cells

Hemotoxin

Antibodies that attack the toxin molecules and neutralize their effects

Antitoxins

The longest snake of North America

Indigo snake

The largest known snake

Anaconda

Smallest snake

Blind snake

What lizard changes colors

Chameleon

What family of lizards does the komodo dragon belong to

Monitor lizards

What does homeothermic mean

Same temperature

Lizards and snakes order name What is the order name for the turtle

Squamata which means "scaly" Chelonia which means tortoise or turtle

What word is "reptile" derived from

Repere in latin, it means "to creep"