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