Animal Behavior

The interaction between animals of the same species.

• innate behavior
• response
• reflex
• social behavior

The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during an early-life critical period.

• migration
• imprinting
• stimulus
• dominance

A behavior that has been developed from experience.

• social
• innate
• learned
• aggression

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NGSS.HS-LS2-8

Defense of a space against encroachment by other individuals.

• habituation
• migration
• submission
• territoriality

Problem-solving method in which one possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found.

• fight or flight
• learned behavior
• estivation
• trial and error

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species.

• submission
• hibernation
• pheromone
• courtship

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A behavior that is inherited rather than acquired.

• learned
• innate
• social
• trial and error

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.

• courtship
• hibernation
• aggression
• submission

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

A type of learning in which an organism associates stimuli to a specific behavior.

• classical conditioning
• pheromone
• migration
• territoriality

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

The change in rate of movement in response to stimuli

• taxis

• Kinesis

• migration

• orientation