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?

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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