importance of birds
Bird vocab
characteristics of birds
Body systems
100
What are barn swallowes.
This type of birds helps to keep bug population in check.
100
What are contour feathers?
This gives a bird its color and smoothing shape?
100
What are flying and swiming?
Name the uses for wings.
100
What is 1,000 times a minute?
Name how many times a humming birds heart beats in 1 minute.
200
What are parakeets, parrots and canaries?
These 3 types of birds are kept often as pets.
200
What are down feathers?
These provide an insulating layer next to the skin of adult birds and also cover birds.
200
What is a clutch?
The name for a group of eggs.
200
What are 4 chambers?
Name how many chambers a bird's heart consists of.
300
What are disease and building damage?
Name 2 reasons birds are not helpful.
300
What are endotherms?
They maintain a constant body temperature.
300
What are contour feathers and down feathers?
Name the two main types of feathers.
300
what is 0.42 percent
what is a humans body weghit percent?
400
How are birds pollunators?
This is the result as birds feed on multiple flowers nectar and move pollen to the next flower.
400
What is prening?
When a bird rubs oil from the giana over it's feathers.
400
What is a unique internal skeleton?
Name an adaption a bird has for flight.
400
What are the heart, calaparies, atteries and veins.
Name the circulatory system of a bird.
500
What are bird meat and eggs for food?
Name 2 human uses for birds.
500
What are amniotic eggs?
Name the eggs with hard shells that have a moist protective environment for the developing embryo.
500
What is the endotherm?
This is what keeps a bird warm blooded.
500
What is 1.68 percent?
Name the percent of body weight a sparrow's heart is.
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