The dove’s skeleton, muscles and the plumage lab
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw and label the parts of a dove’s skeleton.
Skull, neck vertebrae, breastbone, keel, wing, pelvis, foot bone, tail.
2
Write 3 adaptations of birds to flight.
Light bones; strong breast muscles and keel; wing surface of feathers.
3
Why does a bird not fall from a branch while asleep?
Leg tendons tighten the toes when it perches.
4
Compare bird and lizard skeletons (2 similarities, 2 differences).
Similar: vertebral column, rib cage; different: wings and keel, hollow bones in birds.