Animal adaptations and behaviors

A dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...

• learned behavior
• inherited behavior
• physical trait
• instinct

Crows are black birds with excellent hearing. In the wild they live 6-7 years. Some crows in Japan open hard-shelled nuts by dropping them in front of moving cars. Which of these is a learned behavior?

• excellent hearing
• dropping nuts in front of cars
• living 6-7 years
• having black feathers

Why is a spider spinning a web an instinctive behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.

• It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.

• It is born knowing how to spin a web.

• It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.

squirrels gathering nuts in the fall

• instinct

• learned

instinct

• A skill learned in school.

• A behavior that is done automatically.

• A behavior taught by a teacher.

• Doing something by practicing over and over.

Animal behavior is

• movement of one group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• what an animal does.

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

Camouflage is

• a seasonal period of time when an animal goes into a long, deep sleep.

• what an animal does.

• when an animal looks like another animal or plant.

• an animal’s color and pattern that helps it blend in with its surroundings.

Which of the following are examples of instinct? (Choose 2)

• A gorilla learns sign language

• Sea turtles swim to their spawning grounds (where they hatched from eggs)

• A tiger cub learns how to hunt from its mother

• A crocodile takes care of its young

• A mockingbird copies the sounds of other birds

How does camouflage help an animal survive?

• It looks really cool.

• An animal that looks like another animal might scare away a predator.

• An animal that blends in with its environment can hide from a predator.

• An animal that moves from place to place can find food in the winter.

What kind of behavior is speaking Spanish?

• instinct

• learned behavior

• inherited behavior

• imprinting