Science Chapter 4 Behaviors of Living Things

Anything that causes a living thing to react is a(an) ________________.

• behavior
• instinct
  environment
• inherited behavior
  stimulus
• learned behavior
  response

The way that a living thing acts or responds to its environment is its ____________________.

• behavior
• environment
• stimulus
• response

Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing is a (an) ______________.

• learned behavior
• inherited behavior
• instinct
• environment

Anything within an organism's body that causes it to react is a (an) ___________________.

• external stimulus
• internal stimulus
• response
• stimulus

A complex pattern of inherited behavior such as geese migrating is a/an ___________________.

• reflex
• instinct
• learned behavior
• inherited behavior

A reflex is an example of ________________, which an organism is born with.

• stimulus
• instinct
• inherited behavior
• learned behavior

Something in a living thing's environment that causes it to react is a/an ___________________________.

• response
• stimulus
• internal stimulus
• external stimulus

A behavior that a living thing is taught or acquires from experience is a/an ____________________.

• response
• stimulus
• external stimulus
•  learned behavior

The reaction of a living thing to a stimulus is a/an _______________.

• response
• stimulus
• learned behavior
•  inherited behavior

After hearing a loud sound, you cover your ears.  The sound is a/an __________________.

• internal stimulus
• external stimulus
• inherited behavior
• learned behavior