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Vocabulary Crossword: Lesson 3

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Across
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A sac of oil the bird uses to clean and waterproof its feathers
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What is occurring when a bird loses its feathers and grows new feathers to replace those which were lost.
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A baby bird that has just hatched from its shell
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Feathers that crumble into a fine powder that birds use to waterproof their feathers. (TWO WORDS)
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The material from which the shaft of a feather (as well as your fingernails) is made
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The order in which a bird loses its feathers (TWO WORDS)
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A bird's tail feathers
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The soft, fuzzy feathers under the contour feathers close to the skin that do not have a shaft.
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What is occurring when two feathers at the same position on opposite sides of the bird fall off at the same time. (TWO WORDS)
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Feathers are said to be this if they are structured to reflect light and appear in dazzling colors
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The tiny "hairs" that proceed from the barbs, which hook and latch with the barbs next to them, forming a zipper to seal the feather
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Brown and black pigments in animals
Down
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Contour feathers that the bird uses to fly (TWO WORDS)
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Feathers that look like hair on a bird. They are visible when a chicken is plucked
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What a bird is doing when it picks up ants and rubs them on its feathers
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The thick, hard, central pole running up the middle of the feather
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Animals born without any pigments
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The skinny "hairs" that stick out from the shaft of the feather, which make up the vane. Attached to these skinny "hairs" are the barbules.
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Pigments in animals that color them red and green
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Chemicals that have a specific color
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Pigments in animals that color them red, orange, pink or yellow
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Small, fuzzy feathers similar to down, but which have a shaft running up the middle. They lack the zippered barbules and help to give birds their shape and form.
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The flight feathers on a bird's wing
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The soft part of the feather