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Birds In Our Lives
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25 Questions

1. ___ chicks are hatched fully developed. They have open eyes, full down feathers and capable of walking/feeding themselves.

2. There is a __ fossil record for ancient birds.

3. Hovering uses a lot of energy, but not for

4. Reasons for the success of the Peregrine Falcon program:

5. Synchronous hatch means that they

6. Which class of feather pigments cannot be synthesized by the bird and must be obtained through dietary consumption?

7. What is the IUCN Red List?

8. Birds likely evolved from

9. Name the structure in bird feathers that acts like Velcro and attaches adjacent feather barbs to one another.

10. The position of avian eyes also varies from

11. The crop

12. Within the oviduct, the uterus...

13. ____ vision is ideal for depth perception.

14. ____ eye position gives a 300 degree visual field.

15. The ceca

16. Where is the location of the large breast muscle to power flight?

17. Galloanserae is an ___ within Neognathe.

18. Methods to get into the air include...

19. The South American Hoatzin is the only know bird with

20. The large intestine

21. Reasons for optimism in bird populations:

22. The natural loss and replacement of feathers in birds is referred to as...

23. Theropod dinosaurs had ___ bones and laid eggs.

24. This stimulates LH for ovulation.

25. ____ gives a 150-200 degree monocular view and 45-70 binocular view.