Innate and Learned Animal Behaviors

A bee building a bee hive.

• Learned

• Innate

A parrot saying, "Hello".

• Learned

• Innate

An elephant sucking up water with its trunk.

• Learned

• Innate

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A horse performing in a horse show.

• Learned

• Innate

A lion teaches her cub how to hunt so it will be able to survive on its own.

• Learned

• Innate

________________ is the way an animal acts.

• Behavior

• Instincts

• Trait

• Acquired

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A behavior that is developed by observing others or by being taught is a 

• learned behavior 

• inherited trait

• adaptation 

• function

Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?

• eating

• running

• barking

• shaking hands 

Bears hibernating is an example of

• innate behavior

• learned behaviors

Behaviors that occurs without having to learn them

• innate behaviors

• Learned behaviors