Ch 12-- Bird Review Questions

Chapter 12

T/F

1.                  Birds are endothermic. ________

2.                  Birds have a three chambered heart. ________

3.                  Birds use internal reproduction. ________

4.                  The crop is used to grind the food since the bird does not have teeth. _______

Answer the questions

5.                  Draw 3 types of bird feathers and tell what they are called:

6.                  What makes the lungs of a bird unique?

7.                  Draw 2 types of bird bills and tell what they are used for:

8.                  Put the parts of a bird’s digestive tract in order:

a.       ____ Crop

b.      ____ Stomach

c.       ____ Anus

d.      ____ Gizzard

e.       ____  Beak

9.                  What is the purpose of the gizzard?

10.              Comparatively speaking, who eats more birds or humans?

11.              How do birds participate in the ecology of our planet (7/8th grade only).

12.              Explain the relationship between air pressure and bird flight.