Practice question
Question
Which feature in birds enhances flight efficiency?
Explanation
Pneumatic (hollow) bones in birds reduce body weight, enhancing flight efficiency (NCERT, Chapter 4, page 58). Birds have a four-chambered heart, scaly skin is in reptiles, and mammary glands are in mammals.
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