Learned vs Instinctive Behavior

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A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...

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learned behavior

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Which is an example of a learned characteristic? Options: Color of a dog's fur, Color-blindness, Blinking your eyes several times a minute

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A mouse successfully running a maze

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Smelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...

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inherited behavior

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Which of these is a learned behavior? Options: excellent hearing, dropping nuts in front of cars, living 6-7 years, having black feathers

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dropping nuts in front of cars

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Pufferfish puffs up several times their normal size. Is this a learned behavior or instinct?

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instinct

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Why is a spider spinning a web an instinctive behavior?

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It is born knowing how to spin a web.

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A scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which investigation would best help determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior? Options: Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea otters, Determining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea otters, Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks, Observing families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks

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Raising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocks

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A physical characteristic that an organism is born with and is passed to the organism from its parents is called an:

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Inherited Physical Trait

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Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction is called:

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Learned Behavior

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a characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring

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inherited traits