5th grade U2L2 pre-assessment

An animal that is trained is learning different behaviors.

• True
• False

 A bear learning how to climb a tree from its mother is a learned behavior.

• True
• False

A spider's ability to spin a web an example of an learned behavior.

• True
• False

 Different species of animals ________________.

• a. cannot learn the same behavior

• b. can learn the same behaviors

• c. do not have any of the same instincts

• d. never have any of the same traits

5. Animals such as pets _________________.

• a. never live in environments that change

• b. learn tricks and behavior from their owners

• c. do not need any learned behaviors to survive

• d. rely only on instincts

6. Instincts do not help an animal survive.

• True
• False

7. Animals that live in a changing environment can learn new behaviors to survive.

• True

• False

8. Which of the following is not a learned behavior?

• a. a dog fetches a tennis ball

• b. a dolphin does tricks for fish

• c. a bear hibernates through the winter

• a. a horse jumps over a gate

9. Humans have _____________________.

• a. no learned behaviors

• b. no instincts

• c. a mix of instincts and learned behaviors

• d. only inherited traits

10.  When an animal is born and it follows the first moving thing, it is called_______________.

• a. migration

• b. reflection

• c. imprinting

• d. hibernation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4