ACE PACE Biology 1097 Test
Food from the mouth passes down the esophagus into the _________.
crop
Keeping eggs warm so that they will hatch is called _________.
incubation
In the first curve of the oviduct, the yolk is coated with albumen, a protein substance that forms the _________________ of an egg.
white
high-speed
short, narrow wings that enable birds to fly fast for long periods of time and dart about easily
The ________________ is the bone in a bird's skeletal system that protects the brain.
skull
tweezer
slender, pointed beak for probing the ground or tree bark for insects
In a bird's digestive system, nutrients are absorbed into the bloodstream from the lower ____________________________.
small intestine
Because people are made in the image of God and because each person has a ______________, we do not classify human beings as animals.
soul
In a bird's skeletal system, the ________________ provides an anchor for the ribs and makes it possible for the bird to breathe while it is flying.
sternum
metabolism
sum of the chemical processes necessary to sustain life
As air flows through the __________________, vibrations of the tympanic membranes cause the air to vibrate, which produces bird sounds.
syrinx
The science of classification is called _____________________.
taxonomy
According to my earnest expectation and my hope,
that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
To move air in and out of it's respiratory system, a bird uses thin-walled inflatable organs called ___________________.
air sacs
biology
Scientific study of the characteristics of living organisms
_____________ involves taking in oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide.
Respiration
Sound waves enter each ear and travel down the ___________ canal to the bird's eardrum.
auditory
hooked
beak used by birds of prey for tearing flesh
Active Soaring
proportionally long, narrow wings that give oceanic birds the ability to soar for hours, days, weeks, or longer; used by gulls and albatrosses
Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the _________ of the bird's circulatory system.
capillaries
The two hemispheres of the ____________ in a bird's forebrain are where memory is stored and learning takes place.
cerebrum
Solid and liquid wastes are mixed together in the ___________ and then excreted from the body.
cloaca
In a bird's inner ear, tiny hairs in the _______________ convert sound vibrations to nerve impulses that are sent to the brain.
cochlea
Pennaceous
contour and flight feathers
passive soaring
proportionally long, wide wings that enable birds of prey to soar and to lift heavy prey
After chemical digestion takes place in the __________________, mechanical digestion takes place in a muscular organ called the ventriculus.
proventriculus
Flowing through the veins, __________ blood returns to the heart and empties into the right atrium and then flows into the right ventricle.
deoxygenated
The eight taxa of the modern classification system are
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
plumulaceous
down, semiplume, and filoplume feathers
The one characteristic that sets birds apart from all other living animals is that all birds have _____________________, and no other animals have this characteristics.
feathers
webbed
feet that have three or four forward-facing toes that are spread apart with skin stretched between them
running
feet with two or three forward-facing toes; used by flightless birds
The cerebellum in a bird's ___________ controls voluntary muscle activity, and it controls singing and other sounds a bird makes.
hindbrain
The knowledge of nest building is an ____________ behavior placed by God into the DNA of each bird and passed on from parents to their offspring.
instinctive
Deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle is pushed through arteries into capillaries in the _______________, where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
lungs
The center for processing sight, hearing, and involuntary muscle control in a bird's brain is the _______________________.
midbrain
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Each Egg begins as a tiny single cell called an ovum, which is stored in the bird's ______________ until it grows to become a yolk.
ovary
In a bird's circulatory system, ______________ blood is pumped from the left ventricle of the heart, through arteries, into capillaries, and on to the cells throughout the body.
oxygenated