Feathers
The feather specialized to help birds fly.
What is flight feathers?
Tiny sacs of air that allow birds to get more oxygen with each breath.
What are air sacs?
Another name for a warm-blooded animal.
What is endothermic?
Characteristics that allow a bird to fly.
What is flight adaptations?
A pollinator that can beat its wings 80 times per second.
What is a hummingbird?
Waterproof feathers that create the bird's shape.
What is contour feathers?
A body part used to handle food adapted for a bird's diet.
What is a bill?
Maintaining balance in a body.
What is homeostasis?
A place that may differ between species where a bird lays its eggs.
What is a nest?
A bird from the rainforest of South America with a colorful beak that can be over 7 inches long.
What is a toucan?
Feathers with a loose branch structure used to trap body heat.
What is down feathers?
A part of a bird used to store food after being swallowed.
What is a crop?
The way a bird gives birth.
What is laying eggs?
A diet of plants and animals that applies to most birds.
What is an omnivore?
The NC State bird with red males and brown females.
What is a cardinal?
Feathers that help birds steer when flying.
What is tail feathers?
The number of chambers a bird's heart contains.
What is four chambers?
The type of fertilization birds use to reproduce.
What is internal fertilization?
A bird that carries pollen between plants, such as a hummingbird.
What is a pollinator?
A small bird with a beak designed to crush seeds.
What is a finch?
Feathers similar to down feathers, but with a center rachi.
What is semiplume feathers?
A part of a bird's stomach that grinds down food like teeth.
What is a gizzard?
The number of parts of the stomach a bird has.
What is two parts?
A type of feet some birds have to help them swim.
A bald-headed scavenger with an amazing sense of smell.
What is a turkey vulture?