Which is NOT one of the general features that make birds and reptiles similar?
A) Both birds and nonavian reptiles have a single middle ear bone
B) The skulls articulate with the first neck vertebra by a single occipital condyle
C) Both have a lower jaw composed of five or six bones
D) Both birds and reptiles lay eggs and the early embryo develops on the surface by shallow cleavage divisions
E) All of the choices are similarities that distinguish birds and reptiles from mammals
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Q1: Evidence indicates that birds are the sister
Q2: Archaeopteryx is
A)an extinct "bird-like" dinosaur.
B)an insect-eating bird
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Q5: The vertebral column of a bird has
Q6: What permits the feather to "zip" and
Q7: The thick thigh and skinny lower leg
Q8: The most complex and delicate muscles in
Q9: Feathers are
A)living structures that continue to grow
Q10: Archaeopteryx resembled modern birds in having
A)a large
Q11: The distribution of weight in the bird
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