Grade 4 Unit 2 Assessment

Which is an example of an instinct?

• A spider spins a web.

• A child speaks Chinese.

• A sea lion balances a ball on its nose.

• A dog stays away from skunks.

Which is a behavior a bear must learn from its parents?

• how to migrate

• how to catch fish

• how to hibernate in the winter

• how to grow longer fur in the winter

How would you describe the dog's behavior when he is fetching a stick?

• fetching is an adaptation

• Fetching is a learned behavior

• Fetching is an inherited behavior

• Fetching is a stimulus-response behavior

When a large insect touches a pill bug, the pill bug rolls tightly into a ball. The pill bug's hard shell protects it from being eaten. What is the stimulus for the pill bug's action?

• the touch of the large insect

• the ball shape that it rolls into

• the hard shell that surrounds it

• a feeling of hunger

Matthew wants to investigate the instinctive behaviors and learned behaviors of cats. He spends several weeks observing a litter of kittens. As the kittens develop, Matthew makes notes about each new instinctive behavior and learned behavior he observes. Then Matthew reports to the class what he has learned.

Which of these is a learned behavior that the kittens developed?

• Using a litter box

• Cleaning their fur

• Drinking mother's milk

• Being startled by loud noise

Which animal behavior is an example of an instinct

• A dog stays away from skunks after being sprayed two or three times.

• A tiger learns to stalk its prey by watching its mother.

• The quills of a porcupine point straight up when the porcupine feels threatened.

• A cat runs to its supper bowl when it hears an electric can opener.

How do white light waves act when they enter a prism?

• They are reflected.

• They become raindrops.

• The bend or refract.

• They are absorbed.

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Which of the following can act like a prism?

• a radio

• a raindrop

• a piece of paper

• a laser

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Which is not a color of the rainbow?

• orange

• white

• red

• yellow

To receive characteristics from an organism's parents?

• characteristics

• inherit

• advantage

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