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Birds first appeared 229 million years ago. (TRUE or FALSE)
FALSE. Correction: Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago (not 229 million).
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Bats are the only mammals that have evolved to fly. (TRUE or FALSE)
TRUE
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How heavy was Quetzalcoatlus according to the text?
200 kg (440 lbs)
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Pterosaurs could not fly at all â they only walked. (TRUE or FALSE)
FALSE. Correction: Pterosaurs could glide and flap their wings; they could even soar high in the sky.
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Where did the ancestors of bats probably live?
In trees.
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Archaeopteryx is important because:
it lived 55 million years ago
it was the first mammal to fly
it had feathers and some reptile features
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How did early insects use their wings at first?
They used wings to jump and then glide or sail through the air.
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Archaeopteryx shared features with reptiles. (TRUE or FALSE)
TRUE
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Insects were the first animals to develop wings. (TRUE or FALSE)
TRUE
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The Quetzalcoatlus was:
the largest flying animal at its time
a small bird
a kind of bat
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Later birds improved flight by developing:
claws
beaks and lighter bones
heavier bones
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Name one reptile-like feature of Archaeopteryx
It had teeth / fingers with sharp claws / a tail with bones (any one is fine).
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Bats developed the ability to fly by:
evolving wings that could flap and power flight
having beaks instead of teeth
being as heavy as Quetzalcoatlus
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