Environmental Traits & Group Behavior

_____________ the space and all the living and nonliving things around an organism

• trait

• inherited

• variation

• environment

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________________ traits are caused by something that happens to you as a result of your environment. *Also known as learned behavior, or acquired traits!

• inherited

• environmental

• variation

• offspring

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Check the boxes of the ways that living in a group would help animals survive.

• It helps them find food.

• It doesn't help them at all.

• They can protect each other.

• They can help take care of the offspring.

• Animals don't live in groups.

When an animal is attacked by a group of lions, they will crowd together with the offspring in the middle of the group. Why would they act in this way?

• The offspring can run away faster.

• The offspring are safer this way.

• Lions do not attack offspring.

• So the offspring can find more food.

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Which of the following traits are environmental?

• A long tail

• A long nose

• Black and white fur

• scars from falling

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There are 2 dogs who are born to the same parents. One dog lives in a house with a family. The other dog lives on a sheep farm. Why might the dogs behave differently?

• Because they are born to different parents.

• Because they live in different environments.

• They can't behave differently.

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Which of the traits in the picture are inherited?

• Color of a trees bark

• scar on lions nose

• color of a cats fur

• broken stem on a flower

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Are you going to study for your science test tomorrow?

• Yes absolutley

• Nah bro

• If I feel like it

• No I'm gonna play video games