Animal Behaviors 5.2.2

​Animal Behaviors 5.2.3
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Imagine you looked out the window one rainy day, and you saw your friend running across the street towards your home. What explanation could you give for your friend's behavior?

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Match the Word to its Definition

• herding

• migration

• predator

• prey

• habitat

the act of gathering animals together

the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

an animal that hunts and kills other animals

an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators

the natural environment where an organism lives

• the act of gathering animals together

• the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

• an animal that hunts and kills other animals

• an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators

• the natural environment where an organism lives

Match

Match the word to it's example.

• migration

• habitat

• predator

• rabbit

the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

an animal that is hunted and eaten by another

a community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system

• the seasonal movement of animals from one region to another

• the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism

• an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

• an animal that is hunted and eaten by another

• a community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system

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​Reproduction

​Reproduction is a characteristic that all living things share. Reproduction allows a species to produce more organisms of the same kind.

Animals use specific behaviors to increase the probability that they will reproduce. These behaviors can include:

• predation (pre-day-shen)

• herding

• migration (my-gray-shen)

• courtship

In today's lesson, you will learn how each of these behaviors affects the chances that an organism will reproduce.

​Predation

​All organisms need energy to survive. Animals obtain energy from the food they eat. Predation occurs when one organism kills and eats another organism. There are always two organisms involved in predation.

• A predator is an animal that kills and eats another organism.

• The prey is the organism that gets eaten.

Labeling

Which organism is the predator? Which one is the prey?

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

prey

predator

​Did you know that rabbits, goats, and sheep to name a few are also predators?

​Predator! Be Aware!

​Predation occurs when an organism kills and eats a plant or an animal. An herbivore, or animal that eats plants, can be a predator. A predator kills and eats another organism.

Imagine that an alpaca pulls grass out of the ground and consumes it. The alpaca killed and ate the grass. The alpaca is a predator of grass. Any organism that kills another organism to gain energy is a predator.

Labeling

Label the organisms in this food chain example.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

duckweed

Eastern hellbender

crayfish

raccoon

Animal Behaviors

​herding

​migration

​courtship

​Herding is a behavior in which animals live and move together as a group. Prey animals are the most likely organisms to herd together. Herding helps increase the safety of each organism in the herd.

​Migration is a behavior in which animals travel long distances in a predictable pattern. Organisms might migrate to:

• find food

• find water

• reproduce

The Baltimore oriole is a songbird that migrates from Central America to the Northeastern U.S. each year to raise its young.

A behavior that an animal uses to attract a mate. Courtship behaviors make an animal more likely to reproduce. Courtship increases the probability of reproduction for a number of reasons.

• Male crickets chirp so that females can locate them to mate.

• Bucks, or male deer, fight by slamming their antlers together. The stronger buck wins the fight and the right to mate.

• Male birds sing, dance, and spread their feathers to draw the attention of females to mate with.

​Herding:

​Herding behavior increases the chances that animals will reproduce and successfully raise their offspring. The herd can also protect the young by keeping them near the center of the herd away from predators.

Other examples of herds include:

• a flock of birds

• a school of fish

• a swarm of bees

• a troop of monkeys

Multiple Select

Migration is a behavior in which animals travel long distances as the seasons change.

Which of the following are the reasons animals migrate? Choose two answers

• they are depressed

• to escape predators

• to find water

• to reproduce

Remember the bird from yesterday?
Courtship is a behavior that an animal uses to attract a mate. Courtship behaviors increase an animal's likelihood of reproducing.

Examples:

• Male crickets chirp so that females

• can locate them to mate.

• Bucks, or male deer, fight by slamming

• their antlers together. The stronger buck

• wins the fight and the right to mate.
  

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