Reproduction and Growth of Animals

True or False:

Sexual reproduction makes offspring that are different from their parents.

• True

• False

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True or False:

Asexual reproduction makes offspring that are identical to their one parent.

• True

• False

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How do elephants increase the chances that their offspring will survive into adults?

• Engaging in playful behavior.

• Travel in herds for protection

• Drinking from watering holes.

• Eating only plants.

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Which is made by plants to attract pollinators to flowers?

• sap

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• nectar

Which of the following is NOT a courtship behavior?

• birds dancing

• penguins gifting pebbles

• dogs digging

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Courtship behaviors are...

• how animals protect their young

• how animals grow

• special behaviors that help organisms find a mate

• how animals migrate

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An innate behavior is...

• a behavior that needs to be learned

• a behavior that develops through practice

• a behavior that is inherited (passed on from parents & ancestors)

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A learned behavior is...

• a behavior that needs to be learned

• a behavior that develops through practice

• a behavior that is inherited (passed on from parents & ancestors)

• a behavior found in an animals genes

Tadpoles are born knowing how to swim. This is an example of a ______________ behavior.

• innate

• learned

Birds learn how to fly through trial and error. This is an example of a ____________ behavior.

• innate

• learned