virtibrates Flashcards
(104 cards)
1
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people who study birds
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ornithologists
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Parts of feathers
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1) Vane
2) Rachis
3) Barb
3
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zips the feathers together
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barbule
4
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fused clavicul
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furcula
5
Q
pulls wings down
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pectorals
6
Q
Supracoracoideus
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pulls wings up
7
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has different female for every mating season
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polygamous
8
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has several females
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polygynous
9
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mate for life
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monogamous
10
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or born in an advanced state and able to feed itself and move independently almost immediately.
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precocial
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) hatched or born helpless and requiring significant parental care.
(of a particular species) having altricial young.
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altrocial
12
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what percent or number of birds are perching birds
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one half
13
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what percent of birds migrate ?
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20%
14
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examples of water flow birds
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ducks geese swan
15
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what water flow birds mate for life
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swan and geese
16
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birds that often hunt for food
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game birds
17
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examples of game birds
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quails
pheasants
and turkeys
18
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game birds have ____bodies(plump)
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gallinaceous
19
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birds of prey
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raptores
20
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what do birds of pray or raptors have
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- claw like talons
- sharp beaks
21
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fastest bird
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186 mph
22
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largest raptor in N>A>
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cali condor
23
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why are flamingos colored pink
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because of their diet
24
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protects nest by faking injury
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kill deer plover
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bird that has two toes forward, two toes back
woodpecker
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types of heterothermy
hibernation
torpor
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the small age the mammal ……
thr higher the metabolism
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inner hair characteristics
soft thick and warm
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outer hair
stiffer gives shape; guard hair
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? initiates milk products
sucking
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largest mammalian order
rodentia
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gnawing may kill trees; love salt
porcupine
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largest rodent of NA
beaver
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incredible engineer
beaver
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have set off upper incisors
lagamorphs
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characteristics of a hare
long hind legs
young born covered in hair
and with their eyes open, long ears
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mass migrations
lemmings
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what are pikas
lagamorphs
39
ungulates are mostly
ruminant
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wild cats
felidae
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largest bear
polar bear
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delayed gestation
weasels
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musk secreting gland
striped skunk
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aggressiv, strong, destructive
wolverine
45
nocturnal ; eat anything but favor shellfish
raccoon
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breath with lungs
marine mammals
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pinnipeds
seals
48
eared seals
sea lions
49
true seals
elephant seals
50
walrus
largest seal ;can rotate flippers forward
51
ursidae
bears
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requires warm water; birth a single offspring every 2-3 years (sea cow)
manatee
53
cetateans
whales
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born tail first
whales
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have what bone ; strain the small food organism out of the water
baleen whales
56
largest animals to ever live
blue whale
57
largest toothed whales
sperm whales
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feed on cephalopods
sperm whales
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feed on cephalopods
sperm whales
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males has long spiral tusk
narwhal
61
smallest toothed whales
dolphins
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prehensile tails; play dead, only marsupial in NA
opossum
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tunnel experts with flexible hair ; may have skin that covers their eyes
moles
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deadliest predator in relations to their size ;some have venomous glamd in lower jaw
shrew
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only flying mammals; echo locate,
bat
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armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)
armadillo
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armored carapace; , made form bone ( caries leprosy)
armadillo
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larger bodies no tail higher intel. appendix
apes
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no vocal cords
giraffes
70
things on top of a giraffe
ossicles
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all places on earth where life exists
biosphere
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average weather conditions; making influence factor for what lives in an area
climate
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communities with similar climates a
biomes
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has higher biodiversity; significant rainfall ;nutrient poor soil and has. multilayer structure
tropical rain forest
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dominated by gymnosperms;
coníferous forest
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boreal forest
north
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costal forest
tallest trees
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southeast
la olla pine
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nutrient rich soils ; limited rain prevents trees; heavily grazed
grasslands
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north american prairies
temperate grasslands.
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temperate grasslands
savannah
chaparral
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warm-hot ,rainy seasons, scattered shrubs/trees
savannah
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shrubs with leathery leaves, wet,cool winters , warm dry summmers
chaparral
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less than 10cm/tear-rain
variations, seeds sprout with rain succulent stems/leaves; spine
desserts
85
1. Brief growing season
Permafrost
arctic tundra
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1. High marine biodiversity
2. Coral algae symbiosis
• Bleaching
coral reefs
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A. Community of orgasnisms together with the non living components of their environment
ecosystem
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producers
• Photoautotroph and chemoautotraphs
89
Community all population of all species living in a particular area
B. How communities differ
habitat
factors that shape communities
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a place with needed resources and tolerable conditions for an organism
habitat
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a warm biome dominated by grasses wih a few scattered trees and shrubs
savannah
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highest biodiversity
tropical rain forest
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has permafrost
arctic tundra
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north american prairie grass lands
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less than 10 cm of rain in a year
desserts
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shrubs with leathery leaves
chaparral
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fresh water meets salt water
estuary
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the study of rock and soil
geology
99
smallest unit of life
the cell
100
average weather condition in a region
the climate
101
naked seed
gymnosperm
102
flagelllated spores
chytrid
103
tong attached to the front of the mouth
frog
104
egg laying mammals
monotremes
