Birds
A common opening for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts in birds and some mammals
Cloaca
Name Three parts of a bird's egg
Yolk, shell, albumen
What are insulating feathers?
Down feathers
Name two ways mammals stay insulated.
Fur and fat
What is a prehensile tail used for?
Monkeys can grasp with it along with their four paws.
What helps a bird maintain internal temperature?
Air sacs
What classification of bird has feet that will automatically lock onto a branch preventing the bird from falling off even when asleep?
Perching Bird
What is the large flat structure on a bird's breastbone that wing muscles attach to?
Keel
Mammal comes from the Latin word for which structure?
Mammary Gland
What are Lagomorphs?
Rabbits or Hares
In birds gas exchange happens where?
The lungs
How many chambers in a bird's heart?
Four
What is the outer layer of bird feathers are what type of feathers?
Contour
How many chambers in a mammal's heart?
Four
What is the muscle that mammals use to aid in respiration that other vertebrates do not have?
Diaphragm
Long, thin wings designed for gliding with minimum energy
Soaring wings
A bird has been designed to fly, give four system examples of this
Skeletal - lightweight bones, Integumentary -Feathers, Pulmonary - air sacs, Reproductive - one ovary
Typically, a female birds feathers are what compared to their male counterparts?
Mammals are divided into three groups based on how their unborn young develop. Identify the three goups
Placental mammals, marsupials, and monotremes
Typically, where is a carnivores eyes located and why? An herbivore?
Carnivores are located on the front of the head for better depth perception. Herbivores more often on the sides allowing them to see in almost all directions
Describe what makes birds bones light but also strong
They are considered hollow, with air spaces between a crisscross-bone structures that provide rigid support
Name the two air sacs that aid in a bird's respiratory system, helping them have a constant flow of air
Posterior Air Sac, Anterior Air Sac
List the parts of the feather from largest to smallest...
Barbs, Vein, hooks, barbules
Vein, barbs, barbules, hooks
Ungulates are divided into two categories. Name them and give an example of each.
Even-toed - gazelles, pigs, hippos, camels, giraffes, cattle, deer.
Odd-toed - Tapir, rhinos, horses, donkeys
A mammal that lays eggs and has a single opening for digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems, give an example.
Monotremes - Platypus, echidnas