Adaptations

Which of the following can an animal learn by watching it's parents?

• A reflex

• an instinct

• a behavior

• A physical adaptation

Reading is a(n) _______________________.

• learned behavior

• inherited behavior

• reflex behavior

• none of the above

Read this sentence: "A salmon swims upstream by instinct to lay its eggs". What does the word "instinct" mean in this sentence?

• no longer in existence

• behavior learned from watching others

• behavior inherited from its parents

• common sense

Why do many plant and animal species become extinct?

• They cannot adapt to their changing environment.

• They choose a bad adaptation.

• Giant meteors hit Earth, sending up giant clouds of dust that block the sun.

• They develop behavioral adaptations but not physical adaptations.

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Suppose a new predator was introduced to an environment. Which of the following would be the most likely to happen first to the prey animals? They would_________________.

• develop a physical adaptation to defend themselves

• develop a new behavior to defend themselves

• have a sharp increase in population

• become predators

Charles Darwin was a naturalist famous for which law of nature?

• Every Living Thing Adapts

• Only the Strong Shall Survive

• Life Will Find a Way

• Survival of the Fittest

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If a climate gradually warms over 5 hundred thousand years (500,000) years, what might happen to animals that live there?

• They will develop physical adaptations to adjust to the changed climate.

• They will learn new behaviors to adjust to the changed climate.

• They will move to an area with a different climate

• all of the above

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"Big" is related to "large" in the same way that "environment" is related to__________________.

• "small"

• "surroundings"

• "pollution"

• "ocean"

A horse automatically sneezing when dust gets in its nose is a _____________________.

• physical characteristic

• learned behavior

• reflex

• none of the above

A monkey's tail that can grip branches is a ___________________.

• behavioral adaptation

• physical adaptation

• reflex

• none of the above

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