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What is FEATHERS?
This is what covers birds' skin.
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What is WATERPROOF?
This word describes something that does not absorb water, including birds' feathers.
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What is ENDOTHERMIC?
This word describes an animal's ability to maintain a constant body temperature.
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What is the CEREBRAL CORTEX?
This is the name of the well-developed part of mammals' brains that allows them to have complex thoughts.
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What are CANINE teeth?
This is the name of the sharp teeth that allow carnivores to tear apart their meat.
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What is INTERNAL FERTILIZATION?
This term describes that sperm fertilize a bird's egg inside the female bird by sexual reproduction, rather than fertilization in the nest (after the eggs are laid).
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What is AERODYNAMIC?
This term describes something with a shape that reduces air drag, such as a wing.
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What is 4?
This is the number of chambers birds and mammals' hearts have.
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What is the DIAPHRAGM?
This is the name of the muscle that helps move air in and out of mammals' lungs so that they can breathe.
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What are SWEAT GLANDS?
This is the name of the group of cells in the skin that produce water when the animal is too hot. When the water evaporates, the animal's temperature drops.
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What are EGGS?
This is the UNFERTILIZED product of birds' reproductive cycles that humans eat.
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What is the CHEST?
This is the location of the largest and strongest muscles in a bird (which allow it to fly).
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What is a VERTEBRATE?
This is the term that describes animals that have a spinal column.
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What are MAMMARY GLANDS?
This is the name of the glands that make milk for mammals to feed their babies.
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What are MOLARS?
This is the name for the teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth that allow it to grind its food.
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What is in EGGS (outside of the bird)?
This is where bird embryos develop.
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What are DOWN FEATHERS?
This is the name of the fluffy feathers underneath the larger, outer ones that help with insulation. We put them in our pillows and blankets.
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What is ANIMALIA (ANIMALS)?
This is the kingdom that birds and mammals belong to.
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What is 3?
This is the NUMBER of tiny bones (ossicles) in the ear that move with the eardrum, allowing mammals to hear.
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What is HAIR?
This is what covers mammals' skin and can help them stay warm.
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What is a BEAK?
This is the name of the hard/pointed part of birds' mouths.
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What is:
1. hollow bones? 2. waterproof feathers? 3. no fat deposits? 4. small/single organs?
This is one way that birds are lightweight so they can fly (4 possibilities).
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What is a CARNIVORE?
This term describes birds and mammals that eat only plant material (not meat).
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What is PLANTIGRADE?
This word describes the type of leg/foot arrangement and angle that humans, bears, rabbits, raccoons, red pandas, skunks, and kangaroos have.
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What is the PLACENTA?
This is the name of the part that connects a mammal's fetus to its mother's uterus. Some animals eat it after giving birth because it has a lot of nutrients.
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