Animal Adaptations, Instincts, and Behaviors

This adaptation helps animals hide for either predators or prey. What is it?

• warning coloration
• camouflage
• instinct
• migration

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A bird's nest gets blown out of a tree during a strong storm.  How will the bird adapt?

• It will build a new nest.
• It will die.
• It will migrate.
• It will hibernate

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Which animal would hibernate to survive throughout the winter months?

• bear
• deer
• bird
• wolf

Any physical structure (body part or covering) or behavior that helps an animal survive:

• habitat
• instinct
• fur
• adaptation

Some animals move great distances as the seasons change.  What is this called?

• hibernation
• migration
• habitat
• coloration

Which is an example of an inherited trait? 

• Reading
• Speaking Spanish
• Having stripes
• Throwing a baseball 

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Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?

• eating
• running
• barking
• shaking hands 

What is an inherited trait?

• A scar

• Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.

Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

• Instinct

• Inherited trait

• Learned behavior

When monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter it is because of__.

• instinct

• he learned