Animal Behaviors

an animal's dominant behavior to protect, defend, or get food

• aggression

• courtship

• migration

male and female animals recognize each other and communicate before mating

• courtship

• hibernation

• migration

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any behavior that is an interaction between animals

• social

• migration

• hibernation

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animal behavior that is a repeated pattern

• cyclic behavior

• innate

• instinct

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Animals are _________ born knowing how to do many things.

• instinctively

• unconsciously

• accidentally

• randomly

Instincts help animals meet their _________.

• goals

• basic needs

• nourishment

• parents

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Which of these is NOT an example of an instinctive behavior?

• making shelter

• staying safe

• talking

• finding food

In order for an animal to thrive in their environment, some behaviors must be ________.

• adaptive

• basic needs

• learned

• born

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The _________ that animals are born with are not enough to help them survive.

• knowledge

• goals

• practice

• instincts

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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.

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