Taxonomy
What are the 3 domains?
Bacteria, Eukarya, and Archae
What is complete metamorphosis?
Complete metamorphosis consists of 4 stages: egg, pupae, larvae, and adult. The insect usually looks different in each stage.
What class are birds in?
Aves
What does it mean for amphibians and reptiles to be ectothermic?
Their temperature is maintained by their surroundings (rather than internally)
Name one example of a bird of prey found in our area.
Answers will vary
What is the Linnaean classification system?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
The insect develops through 3 stages, egg, nymph, and adult. They usually look like mini versions of the adult form as they develop.
What is the main characteristic that puts an animal in class Aves?
It has feathers!
What does an air bladder/swim bladder do?
Enable the fish to move up and down vertically in the water
What is a croup?
A pouch near the esophagus where birds can store seeds/food
What are the 6 Kingdoms of Life?
Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia
What are the three body segments of adult insects?
Head, abdomen, and thorax
What is unique about the skeleton/bones of a bird?
They are hollow
What is the main way frogs breathe as adults?
Through their skin!
What does it mean that an animal is an omnivore?
It eats both plant and animal matter
What phylum are insects apart of?
Arthropoda
Name one of the common insect orders and what type of insects are in that order.
Diptera- flies, Hymenoptera- bees, wasps, ants, Coleoptera- beetles, Crustacea- crayfish, lobsters, crabs, shrimp.
Name one of the types of feathers.
Tail, flight, semiplume, filoplume, bristle, downy
What is torpor?
Like hibernation, but involuntary. Enter this state when their body reaches a certain temperature.
How are aquatic insects used to determine stream quality?
Different species can handle different levels of pollution
Name two phylum of INVERTEBRATES
Arthropoda, Cnidaria, Porifera, Annelida, ect lots more
What order are butterflies in?
Lepidoptera
How do thrust and lift work to enable a bird to fly?
Lift- the wing of both birds and planes are shaped so that air passing over the top has to travel a longer distance and so it has to speed up as it goes over the top of the wing. This creates the difference in pressure above and below the wing.
Thrust- Thrust is created when birds flap their wings using their strong breast muscles.
What is the name of the fin that runs along the back of a fish?
Dorsal fin
What is the main way that phosphorus and nitrate get into stream beds?
Fertilizer run-off