6 Matching & Hatching
Which is usually more colorful, a male or female bird?
The male bird is usually more colorful.
What are the differences between microbats and megabats?
Microbats are typically small and carnivorous, while megabats are usually larger and tend to eat pollen, nectar, and fruits.
Which ancient people wrote about animals that may have been pterosaurs?
The prophet Isaiah, Herodotus and Josephus wrote about creatures that sounded like pterosaurs.
How can you tell the difference between insects and other crawling creatures?
Count the legs. Insects have six legs.
What is complete metamorphosis and what are the stages?
Complete metamorphosis is the life cycle of many insects where the juveniles look nothing like the adults. Its four stages are: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
What do you call a group of eggs in a nest?
What beneficial tasks do bats perform?
Some eat insects, keeping their populations down, others pollinate plants.
What are the two basic groups of pterosaurs?
The two basic groups are the rhamphorhynchoidds and the pterodactyloids.
What are the three segments of an insect's body?
An insect has a head, a thorax and an abdomen.
What is the difference between complete metamorphosis and incomplete metamorphosis?
There is no pupa stage in incomplete metamorphosis, and the juveniles look similar to the adults.
What is the name of the bump on the bird's beak that helps it break out of the shell?
It is called an "egg tooth".
What are some of the different places that bats roost?
Some roost in caves or other dark places. Others roost in trees.
Which group had the largest pterosaurs?
The largest ptersaurs were pterodaactyloids.
What is interesting about an insects eyes?
What are the stages of incomplete metamophosis?
The three stages are egg, nymph, and adult.
If a bird is completely dependent on its parents, what is it called?
It is called altricial.
What is interesting about bat hibernation and migration?
Unlike bears, bats are true hibernators. Their heartrate drops from about 400 beats per minute down to 25 while hibernating. Some bats migrate along the same paths as birds, and they often return to the very same spot they roosted the year before.
Which group had the smallest pterosaurs?
The smallest pterosaurs were rhamphorhynchoids.
What are the three kinds of insect mouths?
Insects can have chewing mouths, sucking mouths or sponging mouths.
List the 3 of the 6 different kinds of insect defenses in this lesson.
The six defenses discussed in this lesson were: camouflage, advertisement, mimicry, trickery, chemical defense, and bite or stings.
If a bird is born with feathers and the ability to see and walk around, what is it called?
It is called precocial.
How do mother bats care for their pups?
The pups are kept in a nursery, and the mother bat goes out to feed and then visits the nursery to nurse and clean, coo to and nurture her pup.
What part of the pterosaur's brain is very large? What does this tell us about pterosaurs?
The flocculus, which helps the animal balance, was large in the pterosaurs. It tells us that they were excellent fliers.
How does an insect breathe?
Insects breathe through tiny holes, called spiracles, in the thorax and abdomen.
Explain how the bombardier beetle defends itself.
It has a chemical weapon that shoots boiling hot, noxious gases.