Animal Adaptations

An ___________________ does not have a backbone.

List the 5 divisions of vertebrates.

What is an example of an arthropod?

What is an example of a mollusk?

Which of these is an inherited trait of an animal?

• having brown fur

• hibernating in the winter

• knowing when to migrate

• staying away from predators

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Which describes migration?

• behavior animals are born knowing (instinct)

• behaviors animals learn from experience

• behavior animals learn from their parents

• behaviors animals learn from other young animals

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

• how to migrate

• how to catch fish

• how to hibernate in the winter

• how to grow longer fur in the winter

A marking on a butterfly scares away predators. What is this an example of?

• instinct

• migration

• adaption

• hibernation

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An example of learned behavior is

• driving a car

• having blue eyes

• shivering in the cold

• breathing air

Some birds build nests in the spring. This nest building is a seasonal adaptation that occurs to help the birds.

• fly south

• find food

• protect their young

• survive the winter

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