Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 21.15, Problem 6MC
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The adaptation process in birds which enables them to fly.

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Birds shared close evolutionary relationship with reptile. Birds belong to a group of reptiles called archosaurs. Birds are the avian reptiles characterized by keratinous scales on their legs and feathers. Feathers form the outer body covering of a bird which helps them to fly in air. This feature of birds differentiates them from all groups of living organism.

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Biology: Concepts and Investigations

Ch. 21.2 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.3 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.5 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.6 - What defining feature arose in the annelid lineage...Ch. 21.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.6 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.7 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.8 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of an...Ch. 21.8 - Prob. 6MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 7MCCh. 21.8 - Prob. 8MCCh. 21.9 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.9 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.9 - What are some examples of echinoderms?Ch. 21.9 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.10 - What are four key defining characteristics of...Ch. 21.10 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.10 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.10 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.10 - Differentiate between an ectotherm and an...Ch. 21.10 - How does the number of heart chambers affect the...Ch. 21.11 - Compare and contrast the features of tunicates and...Ch. 21.11 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.11 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.12 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.12 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.13 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.14 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.14 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.14 - What features distinguish the three orders of...Ch. 21.15 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 4MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 5MCCh. 21.15 - Prob. 6MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21.16 - Prob. 3MCCh. 21.17 - Prob. 1MCCh. 21.17 - Prob. 2MCCh. 21 - Following gastrulation, the cells that have folded...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 21 - How is the body structure of an annelid different...Ch. 21 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 21 - Since a tunicate is considered to be a chordate,...Ch. 21 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 21 - How do reptiles and mammals differ from...Ch. 21 - Prob. 14MCQCh. 21 - Since a whale is a mammal, it must a. have scales....Ch. 21 - Compare the nine major animal phyla in the order...Ch. 21 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 21 - Distinguish between (a) radial and bilateral...Ch. 21 - Prob. 5WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 6WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 21 - Compare and contrast the roundworm body structure...Ch. 21 - Make a chart showing the characteristics of each...Ch. 21 - List the features that determine the echinoderms...Ch. 21 - Prob. 11WIOCh. 21 - How do tunicates and lancelets differ from fishes...Ch. 21 - Draw from memory a phylogenetic tree that traces...Ch. 21 - Prob. 14WIOCh. 21 - List five adaptations that enable (a) fishes to...Ch. 21 - Prob. 16WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 17WIOCh. 21 - Summarize the evidence for the idea that birds are...Ch. 21 - Prob. 19WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 20WIOCh. 21 - How are fishes, amphibians, nonavian reptiles,...Ch. 21 - Give three examples of interactions between...Ch. 21 - Prob. 23WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 24WIOCh. 21 - Prob. 1PITCh. 21 - Prob. 2PITCh. 21 - 3. Draw a concept map that summarizes the...
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