Evolution of the Egg
Evolutionary Biologists believe that the chicken was domesticated in this area of the world.
What is Asia or Southeast Asia
It takes roughly this long for a domesticated chicken to lay an egg.
What is a day or 25 hours
The egg white is mostly this substance
What is water
Feeding chickens one of these two types of food will turn the yolk more yellow
This is also known as the shell gland
What is the uterus
Before Sexual reproduction organisms reproduced through this process.
What is mitosis or asexual reproduction
In batches only a few times per year
The first layer of the egg white is extra thick and is used to suspend the yolk called this.
What is the chalazae
The nutrients for the yolk come from this part of the chicken
What is the liver
Which of these is not part of the egg shell:
Cellulose
Calcium Carbonate
Protein
Air holes
What is cellulose
These organisms lay their eggs in water but can live in both water and land
What are amphibians
This is the number of layers in an egg white
What is 4
The yolk has enough nutrients to sustain the developing chick for this long
What is 21 days
Greeks did not have access to chicken eggs until late into their civilization. From which bird did they get there eggs?
What are quail
Chickens convert this much of their body weight into making eggs
What is 3%
This protein binds to iron and prevents bacteria from consuming it
What is ovotransferrin
The yolk takes up this much weight in an egg
After the egg is hatched, this forms near the blunt end which allows the chick to breathe
What is the air pocket or air cell
Bird and most lizards are oviparous meaning that they are this.
Egg layers or they give birth to eggs
This species of bird comes from the United States and is known as a dual purpose bird
What is either the rhode island red or the plymouth rock
Egg whites have small amounts of this substance which turn it brown when exposed to heat for a long time.
Glucose
This type of nutrient is only found in the egg yolk and not the egg white.
What is fat or cholesterol
This is the name of Mr. Turner's cat
What is Alice