Animals Respond to the Environment

Extra Credit: All living and non-living things in a place is...

• Living Things

• Nonliving Things

• Environment

Extra Credit: Animals who have ears that face the front eat other animals.

• True

• False

Extra Credit: __________ is something that helps a living thing survive in its environment 

• Adaptations

• Other Animals

• Their Young

• Humans

A Stimulus is...

• something that causes a reaction in a living thing.

• a behavior that is inherited.

A instinct is...

• is something that causes a reaction in a living thing.

• a behavior that is inherited.

Extra Credit: The period of inactivity of some animals during winter is called:

• Migration.

• Hibernation

The movement from one place to another at different times of the year is:

• Migration.

• Hibernation

Extra Credit: An animals's behavior is either learned or instinctive.

• True

• False

A dog doing tricks is an example of a learned behavior.

• True, a dog must be trained to do tricks because it is not born knowing how to do them.

• False, some behaviors are partly instinctive and partly learned.

Many spiders weave webs to help them trap insects. Why is it important for this behavior to be an instinct?

• Spider needs to be able to find food.

• Surviving in its environment

• All of Above