Birds Exam
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25 Questions

1. ___ described the first virus that can trigger cancer while studying chickens.

2. Meat and eggs produced by birds are

3. In general, all cues must be

4. Wild turkeys reach sexual maturity by ___, but they don't breed until they are older.

5. What is an adult male turkey called?

6. How can bird deaths via window collisions can be reduced or almost prevented by...

7. these ducks are omnivores; diets change throughout the course of the year, adapting to their seasonal environments

8. Complete molt in ducks

9. ratites have flat or absent keel bones

10. Who hunted the wild turkeys when they arrived to North America?

11. Name the term used to describe birds that return to nest at their own birth (hatch) site.

12. Indeterminate layer

13. increasing day length is a

14. Components of egg

15. Feeding ducks bread in excess can cause

16. Convergent evolution

17. also called sea ducks because many of the species spend a great deal of their life at sea and are often observed foraging in inshore waters

18. The Greater Rhea ( Figure 11.9 ) is larger at about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall and is native to Brazil. The Lesser Rhea ( Figure 11.10 ) is only about 3 feet (0.9 meters) tall and is native to Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

19. ___ was part of research from chicken embryos.

20. require a runway of land or water to taxi on in order to take flight

21. Chicken production and hormones

22. Many Galliformes exhibit

23. Poultry products today are ____ than in previous history and thus per captia consumption has increased.

24. Worldwide, billions of birds are killed each year from

25. What caused the wild turkeys to reach near extinction by the end of 19th century?