Which is a learned behavior?

Which is a learned behavior?

• A dog uses its tongue to drink.

• A robin holds a branch with its feet.

• A chimpanzee digs for termites with a stick.

• A worm moves to the top of flooded ground.

Which is a trait that a child can inherit from its parents?

• eye color

• a broken leg

• length of hair

• language skills

Red mangroves are trees that can live at the edge of the ocean. What characteristic helps the red mangrove survive the strong waves?

• thick bark that can float in salt water

• curved, long prop roots that support branches

• long, thin seedlings that are dropped into the ocean

• waxy, dark green leaves that reduce loss of water

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the these behaviors does a dolphin learn?

• eating small fish

• swimming in salt water

• balancing a ball on its nose

• breathing through its blowhole

Choose all of the ways that some animals can adapt to a lack of food in their habitat.

Choose THREE correct answers

• giving birth to more young

• moving into new territories

• eating wider variety of foods

• changing the time they hibernate

• cooking their food differently

The moose antlers and the hedgehog spines are both adapted for

• protection

• camouflage

• hunting

• digging

A bird eats a brightly-colored insect that tastes bad. The bird avoids praying on this type of insect again. This example is BEST described as

• a physical characteristic

• an inherited behavior

• an adapation

• a learned behavior

Which characteristic BEST helps Emperor penguins stay warm?

• black and white color

• dense layer of feathers

• ability to swim underwater

• ability to survive for weeks without food

Which actions is a learned characteristic of a newborn horse?

• nursing

• sleeping

• walking

• breathing

Parents with freckles often have children with freckles. This occurs because

• freckles develop from light

• certain foods cause freckles

• certain habits cause freckles

• freckles are a inherited traits

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3