Animal Traits

Most mammals give birth to live young. What is the meaning of birth?

• New skills

• Traits not passed down from offspring to parents

• The beginning or the origin of a plant or animal

• is a way of acting that an animal does not have to learn

A rabbits fur may grow thick during the cold winter months. The rabbit may shed when the temperature warms in the summer. These types of traits are ________________.  

• Learned

• Observable

• Inherited

• Environmental

Learning to ride a bicycle or play the piano are ______________ traits.  

• Observable

• Behavioral

• Learned

• Environmental

When an animal changes shape through a process. What is that process called?

• Learned trait

• Birth

• Metamorphosis

• Instinct

What is another name for an organisms young?

• Egg

• Seedling

• Offspring

• Pupa

What is the meaning of instinct?

• Animals changing shape through a process

• the beginning or origin of a plant or animal

• is a way of acting that an animal does not have to learn

• is a way of acting that an animal has to learn

What is the first stage of a frogs life cycle?

• Adult

• Tadpole

• Egg

• Tadpole starting to grow legs and lungs

What is the correct order of the caterpillars life cycle?

• Adult-->larva-->pupa-->egg

• Larva-->egg-->pupa-->Adult

• Egg-->larva-->pupa--> adult

• Pupa-->adult-->egg-->larva

The features that are passed from parent to offspring are called _______.

• Learned traits

• Environmental traits

• Inherited traits

• Offspring traits

What is an example of a learned trait?

• A dog running

• A bird eating worms

• A person using a hammer

• A bear hibernating