Animal Behaviors

an animal’s response to its environment

• behavior

• courtship

• hibernation

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animals sleep and slow body processes in harsh winters

• hibernation

• migration

• conditioning

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Which of these behaviors represents an example of migration?

• a skunk sprays a foul-smelling oil when a predator comes too close to it

• a male bird sings a specific song to attract female birds of the same species

• a beaver slows down its activities and remains in its home throughout the winter

• Caribou travel hundreds of kilometers before winter starts, and then return in the spring.

A baby sea turtle hatches, digs out of its nest, and starts crawling towards the ocean. What type of behavior is this?

• learned behavior

• imprinting

• migrations

• innate behavior

Why is a spider spinning a web an innate 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.

What do we call a behavior that is learned from observations?

• inherited behaviors

• learned behaviors

• imprinting

• acquired traits

Behaviors that are passed on from parents to offspring without teaching or training are called what?

• inherited or innate behaviors

• learned behaviors

• acquired traits

• imprinted behaviors

A behavior animals are born knowing how to do is an __________.

• example

• animal

• option

• instinct

When a bird uses mud and grass to build a nest, it's demonstrating...

• environmental influences

• learned behavior

• recessive traits

• instinct

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Which of these is not an instinctive behavior?

• a bird building a nest

• a turtle burying its eggs

• a bear hibernating in winter

• a horse pulling a plow

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