Animal Behavior, Abiotic/Biotic, & Food Chains/Webs

A (an) ____ is an environmental change that directly influences the activity of an organism.

• stimulus

• behavior

• innate response

• fixed action pattern

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed

• bears leaning to catch fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

Which behavior is genetically based and NOT linked to past experiences?

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

________________ behaviors result from an interaction between innate behaviors & past experiences.

• Genetic

• Hunting

• Innate

• Learned

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals

• Courtship
• Dating
• Showing off
• Hibernation

What is a process in which an animal learns that a stimulus and its response to that stimulus will bring about a good or bad result?

• conditioning
• imprinting
• inherited behavior
• mimicry

What is a behavior in which newborn animals recognize and follow the first moving object they see?

• courtship
• mimicry
• imprinting
• conditioning

Of the factors a population needs, the limiting factor is usually 

• the most abundant resource
• the most expensive resource
• the most liked resource
• the most scarce resource

Temperature, light, air, water, and soil are all  _____  parts of the environment

• alive
• biotic 
• abiotic
• living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

• Population
• Community
• Habitat
• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2