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Birds
Flight
Arthropods
Insects
Key terms
100
small feathers used to maintain body temperature
What is down feathers
100
The faster air moves, the ____________ pressure it exerts?
What is less
100
4 major groups of arthropods
What are crustaceans, arachnids, centipedes, millipedes, and insects
100
How many legs does an insect have?
What is 6
100
external skeleton
What is exoskeleton
200
A thick-walled, muscular part of the stomach that squeezes and grinds food
What is the gizzard
200
What help it balance and steer during flight?
What is contour feathers
200
What prevents an arthropod from drying out?
What is an exoskeleton
200
How many body sections does an insect have?
What is 3
200
animal that regulates its own body temperature
What is an endotherm
300
How long do birds care for their young?
What is until they can fly
300
3 Adaptations for flight
What is hollow bones, feathers, bone shape (aka wings), and large chest muscles
300
Spiders, mites, ticks, and scorpions belong to what arthropod group?
What is arachnid
300
What is the midsection of an insect?
What is the thorax
300
The process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton.
What is molting
400
3 adaptations for living in a variety of climates
What is the shape of legs, claws, and bills
400
Type of flight that dosent use lift
What is diving
400
What arthropod group has 2 antennae?
What is crustaceans
400
What is an insect stage that looks like an adult but is not yet
What is a nymph
400
Where birds store food before the stomach
What is the crop
500
2 ways birds help the enviornment
What is pollinators and predators of pests
500
Type of flight that requires lots of energy
What is flapping
500
Difference between centipedes and millipedes?
What is the number of legs on each body segment
500
What are the stages of complete metamorphosis in insects?
What is What are egg, larva, pupa, adult
500
A type of cycle in which an egg hatches into a nymph that resembles an adult, and which has no distinctly different larval stage.
What is gradual metamorphosis