Animal Behaviors for Survival

The process that produces offspring and passes on genetic information/traits is...

• Mitosis

• Meosis

• Genetics

• Reproduction

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

______ is the movement of animals from one place to another, usually along the same route, and to find available food

• Courtship

• Behavior

• Migration

• Hibernation

Why do peacocks have very bright feathers?

• To attract a mate

• To blend in to their environment

• To scare off predators

• To mimic other animals

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Young dolphins watching adults stir up food along the ocean floor and mimicking (copying) the behavior.

• Learned

• Instinct

Canada geese fly south in fall to find food. In spring they fly back up north to have their young. What type of behavior is this?

• defense

• hibernation

• courtship

• migration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What type of behavior is inherited rather than learned?

• Stinky Behavior

• Instinct behavior

• Imprinting

• Society

The way an organism reacts to changes in its internal conditions or external environment.

• Behavior

• Instinct

• Pheromone

• Mating System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species.

• Behavior

• Instinct

• Pheromone

• Mating System

Behavior patterns related to how animals mate.

• Behavior

• Instinct

• Pheromone

• Mating System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

The regular, seasonal journey of an animal from one place to another and back again.

• Pheromone

• Mating System

• Migration

• Typically