Innate and Learned Animal Behaviors

behaviors that animals perform without being taught

• learned behaviors

• instincts

• reflexes

anything an animal does, specifically related to how the animal interacts with its environment and other organisms within its environment

• instinct

• behavior

• reflex

• response

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Animals receive information about their environments, process the information by using internal structures, and respond with either innate or learned behaviors.

• True

• False

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Animals receive information about their environments and respond in ways that help them survive grow and reproduce.

• True

• False

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Which of the following statements is NOT true about the behavior seen in this photo?

• It is a complex behavior: both innate and learned

• It is not usually taught to cubs by their mother

• It may be learned by watching other bears

• it may be improved upon the more the bear does it

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

An innate behavior can be described by which of the following?

• Must be learned

• Not necessary for survival

• Present at birth and performed correctly from the first time

• Learned from experiences

Which of these is a LEARNED behavior?

• a peacock courting

• a whale migrating

• a dog sitting when told to

• a turtle hatchling crawling towards the ocean

A wolf cub comes too close to a skunk and gets a strong chemical sprayed in its face. Why does the skunk spray the wolf?

• The skunk is trying to attract a mate

• the skunk is using an inherited defense behavior

• The skunk is doing what it learned from its parents

• The skunk is learning to spray by trial and error

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A wolf cub came too close to a skunk, and was sprayed by its foul smelling chemical spray. Now, the wolf cub stays away from skunks. What type of behavior is this?

• innate behavior

• imprinting

• learned behavior

• migration