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This and That
100
Long narrow wings are good for _____________.
What is gliding (glide)
100
This bird is very small and hovers around flowers gathering nectar.
What is hummingbird
100
The bones are _____________ allowing the bird to be light for flight.
What is hollow
100
A birds powerful ____________ muscles allow it to move its wings up and down.
What is chest (pectoral)
100
Thrust is necessary to move ___________.
What is forward
200
Long streamlined wings are good for _______________.
What is diving (dive)
200
This bird is 12 feet long from wing tip to wing tip and soars (glides) over the ocean.
What is albatross
200
Birds are covered with f___________ allowing them to fly.
What is feathers
200
When a bird flies, _________ is the force that moves it forward.
What is thrust
200
Birds tilt their wings to create ____________.
What is lift
300
Short small wings are good for _______________.
What is hovering (hover)
300
Like jets, high-speed f__________ have swept back wings, cone-shaped heads, and streamlined bodies.
What is falcons
300
Birds have light-weight s_____________ that enable them to fly.
What is skeleton
300
________ is the force that moves a bird upward.
What is lift
300
Birds eat foods high in Calories mostly because they need _____________.
What is energy
400
Long narrow, long streamlined, and short small are all wing a________________.
What is adaptations
400
This bird has a pectoral muscle that equals one fourth of its body weight.
What is swan
400
The swans s___________ is much larger than yours; it sticks way out in front of a swan's ribs.
What is sternum
400
An adaptation that helps a bird fly is _________ bones.
What is hollow
400
The most important part of the wing in creating thrust is the _________ ____________.
What is hand feathers
500
The albatross has long narrow wings good for ______________.
What is gliding (glide)
500
The o____ produces thrust by moving its hand feathers in a circular pattern.
What is owl
500
Birds eat _________-calorie foods to get the energy they need for their bodies.
What is high
500
The curved shape of a wing helps to lower _______ ___________.
What is air resistance
500
One of the amazing adaptations a bird has for flight is a hook and ___________ feather system.
What is catch