Insect Orders
Includes the most common social insects
Hymenoptera
Fastest flying bird
peregrine falcon
Largest known fist
whale shark
Largest living lizard
Komodo dragon
This fluid feeds unhatched chicks
yolk
Wings form an x on the back when resting
Hemiptera
Substance that makes up a birds feathers
keratin
What group of cartilaginous fish includes skates and sawfish
rays
color-containing dells beneath a lizards skin
chromatophores
An egg hatches and the chick is so able to run and swim. What type of chick hatched?
precocial
Largest order of insects
Coleoptera
Feathers that provide lightweight insulation
down feathers
tooth-like scales found on sharks
denticles
Old-World Lizards characterized by long necks and tails and powerful legs, and long, forked tongues
monitor lizards
Egg-laying organ of an insect
ovipositor
Contains true bugs
Hemiptera
Anther word for a bird's feathers
plumage
Paired holes for inhalation on sharks and rays
spiracles
Well-known poisonous lizard
Gila Monster
Substance that makes up the outer shell of a bird's egg
calcium carbonate
Contains crickets and grasshoppers
Orthoptera
Grooming process of birds
preening
Sperm-containing fluid released by a male fish
milt
Lizard-like reptile with parietal eye
tuatara
Protective layer of a reptile egg
amnion