Terms

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BIRD- A bird is a flying animal. (Mr. Phillips) [|warm-blooded] egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings.(Mr. Phillips)

ENDOTHERMIC- Endothermic means that the animals body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces.(Sabrina Shows Source; Textbook pg 808) VERTEBRATE - A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone,also to qualify for a vertebrate it must also have a head, and internal skeleton, central nervous system/brain, and a neutral tube. (Sabrina Source textbook pg 313 ,google) CONTOUR FEATHER The contour feathers help the bird be balanced when it flys without these feathers it could not fly.(konrad) Textbook 413 -contour feathers also help the bird steer(Danny Mannix)TEXTBOOK,pg 411 FEATHER A feather is something the bird uses too fly.(Sterling) feathers can also help keep the bird insolated.(konrad) 412 feathers also help it streer and balance. (ty textbook pg 411)

EGG An egg is a hen's baby chick. (Warren) [|animal reproductive] body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled. (Warren) [|Oval reproductive] body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food. (Warren) [|An egg] is a round or oval body laid by the female of any number of different species, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes. (Warren)

FLY To lift off the ground and soar arround(Jacob) move through air: to travel through the air using wings or an engine (Jacob) info from bing.com CROP- A bird's internal storage tank that allows it to store food inside its body after swallowing it. (Kate) TEXTBOOK pg 412

GIZZARD The gizzard is the part of the body that grinds up the food into a paste like substance.(konrad) Textbook 413 and the gizzard is thick- walled,and muscular (ty textbook pg413)

INSULATOR- A material that does not conduct heat well and thus helps to prevent heat from escaping. (Kate) TEXTBOOK pg 412

DOWN FEATHERS - Down Feathers are feathers that trap the birds body heat and keep the bird warm. (Sabrina Shows) -down feathers are soft and flexible. (Danny Mannix) TEXTBOOK, pg 412 BILL The bill helps the bird eat and catch its food.(konrad) -the bill is also a tool to get food.(Danny Mannix) FOUR CHAMBERED HEART-the four-chambered heart is a heart with two atria and two ventricles.(Danny Mannix) TEXTBOOK,pg 416

ADAPTATIONS-adaptations that a bird has is that have nearly holow legs(Danny Mannix)TEXBOOK ,pg 411 a bird needs to adapt to were he lives. (ty)

DIVERSE-It means that the place may very between what it is.Sterling-textbook

ENVIROMENTS: The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development, and survival of organisms. (Warren)

ECTOTHERMS- Ectotherms are animals that do not produce much body heat.(Sabrina Shows Source:Text book pg 808)

BARBS- the part of the vanes that hold the vanes together so they can fly (ty)

MAMMALS IT is a animal with warm brood and has live babies(sterling)textbook pg313