test 10 ch. 16-18

Question 1

enlarged and thickened toenails

Answer 1

hooves

Question 2

horses, zebras, and donkeys are ___1___, members of the ___2___ family

Answer 2

1. equids
2. equine

Question 3

solid structures that grow from the head that shed annually

Answer 3

antlers

Question 4

hollowed structures that are usually permanent that protrude from the head

Answer 4

horns

Question 5

animals that chew the cud

Answer 5

ruminants

Question 6

ruminants that have antlers

Answer 6

deer

Question 7

ruminants with horns

Answer 7

bovids

Question 8

ship of the desert

Answer 8

camel

Question 9

in non-ruminants, side pocket that lies near the stomach to provide for a fermentation chamber

Answer 9

cecum

Question 10

the least carnivorous of the flesh eaters

Answer 10

bears

Question 11

wolves are members of the ____ family

Answer 11

canine (dog)

Question 12

an example of the cat family

Answer 12

tigers, lions, housecat, puma, jaguar, cougar

Question 13

type of animal or plant that is no longer found alive on the earth

Answer 13

extinct

Question 14

types of animals and plants that still exist today but are in danger of extinction

Answer 14

endangered

Question 15

two-footed anatomy

Answer 15

bipedal

Question 16

flamingos and ducks are examples of _____

Answer 16

waterbirds

Question 17

group that includes songbirds

Answer 17

perching birds

Question 18

fastest of any living creature

Answer 18

peregrine falcon

Question 19

owls and eagles are examples of this family

Answer 19

birds of prey

Question 20

the ostrich and emu are examples of ______

Answer 20

flightless birds

Question 21

turkeys and pheasants are examples of _______

Answer 21

game birds

Question 22

parrots and toucans are examples of this family

Answer 22

tropical birds

Question 23

the bird hunted to extinction in the 1800s is _____

Answer 23

the passenger pigeon

Question 24

the bird that went extinct in the 1600s because it couldn’t compete with the hogs and monkeys imported into its habitat is the _______

Answer 24

dodo bird

Question 25

feathers that provide the necessary wing shape for flight are ______

Answer 25

flight feathers

Question 26

soft, fluffy feathers close to the bird's body that provide excellent insulation without adding much weight are ______

Answer 26

down feathers

Question 27

scientific name for the quill

Answer 27

rachis

Question 28

the flat portion of the feather is _____

Answer 28

the vane

Question 29

portion of the feather perpendicular to the quill

Answer 29

barbs

Question 30

form of flight where the bird flaps its wings

Answer 30

powered flight

Question 31

flight pattern that where birds fly in circles attaining great heights

Answer 31

soaring

Question 32

flight pattern where a bird rarely flaps their wings, moving perpendicular to the water and gradually falling

Answer 32

gliding

Question 33

bird known for a special flight pattern

Answer 33

hummingbird

Question 34

extension of the sternum on birds

Answer 34

keel

Question 35

what is different about bird bones compared to other bones

Answer 35

they are hollow

Question 36

the thumb of a bird

Answer 36

alula

Question 37

what sense is better in birds than in any other animal?

Answer 37

eyesight

Question 38

what is the third eyelid that birds have?

Answer 38

the nictitating membrane

Question 39

special sac in the esophagus that serves as a storage chamber and releases food to the rest of the digestive system at the proper rate

Answer 39

crop

Question 40

muscular part near the stomach of a bird that grinds food like millstones

Answer 40

gizzard

Question 41

the special part of marine birds that prevents them from becoming dehydrated by eliminating excess salt

Answer 41

salt gland

Question 42

voice box of birds

Answer 42

syrinx

Question 43

what is different about bird's red blood cells?

Answer 43

they have a nucleus

Question 44

annually moving to a different region

Answer 44

migration

Question 45

large grouping of birds together

Answer 45

flock

Question 46

routes that birds follow year after year

Answer 46

flyways

Question 47

white part of an egg

Answer 47

albumen

Question 48

two dense, twisted cords that are attached to the yolk and support it

Answer 48

chalazae

Question 49

unlearned knowledge an animal possesses at birth

Answer 49

instinct

Question 50

keeping eggs warm

Answer 50

incubation

Question 51

exposed patch of skin on a bird's belly where feathers are lost

Answer 51

brood patch

Question 52

animals that are helpless at birth

Answer 52

altricial

Question 53

birds that are capable of functioning after birth

Answer 53

precocial

Question 54

the behavior of animals that involves the occupation, defense, and control of a specific area or territory

Answer 54

territoriality

Question 55

what is a varied body temperature

Answer 55

poikilothermic

Question 56

reptiles hearts have how many chambers?

Answer 56

3 chambers (except the crocodilians who have 4)

Question 57

the most numerous reptile

Answer 57

lizards

Question 57

examples of defense a lizard does

Answer 57

detaching tail, inflating body in small places to get stuck, shooting blood out of its eyes

Question 58

eggs are made and hatched inside the mothers body, but are born live

Answer 58

ovoviviparous

Question 59

the most widespread reptile

Answer 59

snakes

Question 60

the movement snakes use most commonly when staking prey

Answer 60

rectilinear (also the scrunching and un-scrunching of the snakes body in a forward motion)

Question 61

the movement snakes use in the sand

Answer 61

sidewinding movement

Question 62

the movement in which snakes anchor the head and thrust the body, then anchor the body and thrust the head

Answer 62

concertina

Question 63

the bone in the snakes jaw that allows them to open there jaw extremely wide in order to swallow large prey. It also is connected to the snakes inner ear and is vital to hearing low frequency sounds/picks up on vibrations

Answer 63

quadrate bone

Question 64

an organ on the roof of their mouth that lets them interpret chemical signals, scents, and pheromones with their tongue

Answer 64

jacobson's organ

Question 65

a snake that is known for killing its prey by coiling around it and choking it

Answer 65

constrictor (python is an example)

Question 66

the largest snake family

Answer 66

colubrids

Question 67

the hollow or grooved venom-injecting teeth

Answer 67

fangs

Question 68

snakes known for long retractable fangs that inject venom

Answer 68

vipers

Question 69

family of snakes with short fangs in the front of their mouths (some of the deadliest snakes); the fangs are not retractable

Answer 69

elapids

Question 70

vipers with heat sensing organ on their head

Answer 70

pit vipers

Question 71

heaviest freshwater turtle

Answer 71

alligator snapping turtle

Question 72

reptiles with shells

Answer 72

turtles

Question 73

the order that includes alligators, caimans, crocodiles, and gharials

Answer 73

crocodilians

Question 73

the largest turtles

Answer 73

sea turtles

Question 74

a lizard-like reptile that lives in New Zealand (classified in it's own family)

Answer 74

tuatara (known for a third eye, called the parietal eye, which senses radiation)

Question 75

group of extinct creatures resembling reptiles that had a similarity to large lizards

Answer 75

dinosaurs

Question 76

the largest and heaviest lizard

Answer 76

komodo dragon

Question 77

most common movement of snakes

Answer 77

lateral undulation

Question 78

largest living reptiles

Answer 78

crocodilians

Question 79

everyone say, "Thank you, Kate!"

Answer 79

"Thank you, Kate!"