Characteristics of Birds
Flying
Kinds of Birds & Mammals
Characteristics of Mammals
Placental, Monotremes, and Marsupials
100
This is the most familiar characteristic of birds. They help the bird stay dry, warm, and fly.
What is feathers
100
These organs are attached to the lungs to store air.
What is air sacs
100
This type of bird swims and does not fly.
What is a penguin
100
For making milk, all mammals have these.
What is mammary glands
100
This is the time it takes an embryo to develop within the mother.
What is the gestation period
200
This is the process of spreading oil on their feathers.
What is preening
200
All birds can fly. True or False.
What is False
200
This bird can run 60 km/hr
What is an ostrich
200
This muscle helps mammals get air.
What is a diaphragm
200
More than 1/3 of mammal species fall into this category.
What is rodents
300
This is the process of replacing feathers.
What is molting
300
These are what helps the wings move in flight.
What is powerful flight muscles/large keel
300
This is the tallest mammal.
What is a giraffe
300
All mammals have this covering their body.
What is hair
300
Bats are the only mammals in this group.
What is flying mammals
400
These are the two types of feathers.
What is down and countour
400
This is the upward force on a bird's wings.
What is lift
400
This is an example of a hoofed mammal.
What is horses, pigs, deer, rhino, etc.
400
Birds do NOT have these, but mammals do.
What is teeth
400
This group of mammals lives solely in the water.
What is cetaceans
500
These are the 3 main parts of a bird's digestive system.
What is the crop, gizzard, and intestine
500
Birds with this type of wing can fly long distances.
What is large wings
500
This is an example of a primate.
What is humans, monkeys, apes, etc.
500
This is how mammals reproduce.
What is sexually
500
Animals with pouches fall into this group.
What is marsupials
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