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Grade 7 Chapter 12
Birds and Mammals
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07/31/2006

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bird
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an endothermic vertebrate that has feathers and a four-chambered heart, and lays eggs
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contour feather
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a large feather that helps give shape to a bird's body
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down feather
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a short fluffy feather thta traps heat and keeps a bird warm
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crop
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a bird's ineranl storage pouch that allows it to store food inside its body after swallowing it
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gizzard
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a muscular, thick-walled part of a bird's stomach that squeezes and grinds partially digested food
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mammal
Definition
an endothermic vertebrate with four chambered heart, skin covered with fur or hair and young fed with milk from the mother's body
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mammary gland
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an organ in female mammals that produces milk for the mammal's young
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diaphragm
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a large muscle located at the bottom of a mammal's rib cage that functions in breathing
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monotreme
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a mammal that lays eggs
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marsupial
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a mammal whose young are born alive at an early stage of development and which usually continue to develop in a pouch on their mother's body
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gestation period
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the length of time between fertilization and birth of a mammal
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placental mammal
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a mammal that develops inside its mother's body unitl its body systems can function by themselves
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placenta
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a membrane that becomes the link between the developing embryo or fetus and the mother
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