Birds
Organ that allows a bird to produce sound
What is Syrinx
hard, moveable plates that cover the gills of a bony fish
What are opercula?
the most organized of the social insects
What are ants?
animal category characterized by having tube feet
what are echinoderms
combination of alleles that an organism has for a particular trait
what is genotype
Term referring to a chick that is born featherless and helpless
What is altricial?
type of crocodilian that has a distinctive long, thin snout
What is gharial?
order of insects that are half hardened and half membranous and form and X on the insect's back
What is hemiptera?
invertebrate group characterized by three body regions: the head, the foot, and the mantle
what are mollusks
jelly-like substance found in the cell
what is cytoplasm
The fastest flying bird
What is peregrine falcon?
tooth-like scales fond on sharks, rays, and chimeras
what are denticles?
scientific term for the "feelers" on an insect's head
what are antennae
crustacean group that has one simple eye on top of its head
what are copepods
group of algae that includes volvox
what is green algae
Gliding within an updraft to gain altitude
What is soaring?
heat sensing organ located in pit vipers
What is pit organ?
order of insects that includes dragonflies
what is odonata
arachnids that have a long tail with a venomous stinger
what are scorpions
the process by which a cell copies the DNA information of a gene into a molecule of RNA
what is transcription
the smallest bird
What is bee hummingbird?
largest group of snakes
What is colubrid?
the changing of an immature hatchling into an adult
what is metamorphosis
organism that does not have an organized nucleus
what is a prokaryote
the structure that surrounds and protects the parts of an animal cell
what is cell membrane