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review on marine birds for Marine Vertebrates class
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Question 1

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Dinosaurs went extinct approximately 70 mya
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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Birds decended from __________ dinosaurs.
Answer
  • Theropod
  • Sauropod
  • Coelurosaur
  • Maniraptoran

Question 3

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Which of these characteristics did Dinosauria share with modern birds?
Answer
  • gizzards
  • oviparous
  • feathers
  • built nests
  • scales
  • sharp teeth

Question 4

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__________ is the only known dinosaur to have asymmetrical flight feathers, which are necessary for powered flight
Answer
  • Archiopteryx
  • Velociraptor
  • Pterodactyl
  • Anchiornis

Question 5

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Archeaopteryx is considered the transitional fossil between primitive reptiles and birds
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The earliest feathers were probably cartilaginous bristles
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 7

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The evolution of birds was characterized by...
Answer
  • a reduction in body size
  • the development of feathers
  • the development of the gizzard
  • all of these answers are correct

Question 8

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Check all that apply to modern Aves
Answer
  • karatinized beak
  • scales on legs
  • bones honeycombed
  • gizzard for grinding food
  • very small teeth
  • 3-chambered heart

Question 9

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Check the common navigation cues for avian migration.
Answer
  • position of sun and stars
  • polarized light
  • geomagnetic field
  • geoelectrical field

Question 10

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[blank_start]Zugdisposition[blank_end]: premigratory fattening [blank_start]Zugstimmung[blank_end]: migratory mood -- undertakes and maintains migratory flight [blank_start]Zugunruhe[blank_end]: migratory restlessness (captive birds)
Answer
  • Zugdisposition
  • Zugstimmung
  • Zugunruhe
  • Ziggafus

Question 11

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Monogamy is common in birds, and couples may synchonize internal rhythms to time their migration together.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 12

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Most marine birds breed in [blank_start]dense[blank_end] colonies.
Answer
  • dense
  • sparse

Question 13

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Which of these are adaptations of marine birds?
Answer
  • webbed or lobed feat
  • modification of wing to use as a flipper
  • salt-permeable skin
  • salt glands in head

Question 14

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Check all that apply to Order Sphenisciformes
Answer
  • penguins
  • southern hemisphere
  • bones secondarily solid
  • huddling behavior
  • ppelicans, shoebills, etc.
  • fully webbed feet
  • northern hemisphere

Question 15

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Check all that apply to Order Pelecaniformes
Answer
  • pelicans, herons, shoebills, etc.
  • fully webbed feat
  • gular patch
  • dysfunctional nostril slits
  • penguins
  • huddling behavior
  • bones secondarily solid

Question 16

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Check all that applies to Palatalea ajaja
Answer
  • Roseate Spoonbill
  • Family Threskiornithidae
  • feed by holding bill open in water and moving head from side to side
  • diet-derived pink coloration
  • Flamingo
  • Family Ardeidae
  • Feed by gliding and diving for food

Question 17

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Check all that apply to Order Phaethoniformes
Answer
  • Tropicbirds
  • pelagic sea birds
  • elongated tail feathers
  • white plumage
  • large bills
  • flattened spoon-shaped bill
  • diet-derived pink coloration

Question 18

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Check all that apply to Suliformes
Answer
  • boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, etc.
  • pectinate edge to mid claw
  • elongated tail
  • blue feet
  • Tropicbirds
  • white plumage
  • bills large

Question 19

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Check all that apply to Order procellariiformes
Answer
  • petrels
  • exclusively pelagicm cosmopolitan distribution
  • colonial nesters
  • one of the most endagered bird taxa
  • one of the most abundant bird taxa
  • boobies, gannets, frigatebirds, etc.
  • pectinate edge to mid claw

Question 20

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Check all that apply to Order Anseriformes
Answer
  • waterfowl
  • bill shape & modified tounge to feed by sucking in & expelling water
  • soft, fluffy, insulating feathers
  • fine filter plates, lamellae, to trap small particles to then be swollowed
  • flattened spoon-shaped bill
  • ibis and spoonbills
  • diet-derived pink coloration

Question 21

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Check all that apply to Order Charadriiformes
Answer
  • gulls, terns, auks, jaegers/skua
  • Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
  • 350 species, most live near water
  • petrels
  • exclusively pelagic, cosmopolitan distribution
  • one of most endagered bird taxa
  • colonial nesters

Question 22

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Order Phoenicopteriformes
Answer
  • Flamingos
  • specialized beak: hooked downward with lamellae to filter feed
  • diet-induced pink coloration
  • ibis and spoonbills
  • flat beak for filter feeding

Question 23

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Label the simplified phylogeny of Avialae
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2018 26 11 23 24 36 (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Avialae
  • Pygostylia
  • Ornithoraces
  • Enantiornithines
  • Orinthurae
  • Aves
  • Late Jurassic
  • Early Cretaceous
  • Middle Cretaceous
  • Late Cretaceous
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