Behavior and Adaptations 23

Why do elephants form a circle around their young?

• To protect them

• To eat food

• To keep their young in one place

The behavior of some animals to attract other animals

• Courtship
• Dating
• Hibernation

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Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
• It is born knowing how to spin a web.

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Look at the picture.
A dog that sits when told to.

• inherited
• learned

When a bird build a nest, this is called

• learned behavior
• instinct

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Which ONE is a Learned behavior:

• Blinking
• Breathing
• Talking

Look at the picture.
Ducklings following a man since birth.

• Conditioning
• Imprinting
• Inherited

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

• Blue eyes

• Speaking English

Learned from experience or from observing other organisms

• Innate

• Learned

Fish being able to swim

• Innate

• Learned