Life Science Texas

What is a life cycle?

• The process of grouping living things by similar characteristics.

• The series of stages that living things go through.

• Something that an animal or plant does to help it survive in its environment.

Organisms that are born NOT looking anything like their parents go through metamorphosis.

• True

• False

In incomplete metamorphosis, an organism develops through the following stages: egg, larva, and adult.

• True

• False

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What is an adaptation?

• A feature of an animal or plant that helps it survive and be successful in its environment.

• A method of obtaining food.

• A way that an animal or plant stays safe from predators.

• A feature that decreases an organism's survival rate.

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What is a physical adaptation?

• Something that a plant or animal DOES to help it survive.

• A type of adaptation that means that an animal can blend in with its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive.

Corn snakes look very similar to the venomous copperhead snake. What type of physical adaptation is this?

• Mimicry

• Camouflage

• Chemical Defense

• Body Part

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What is a behavioral adaptation?

• A type of adaptation that gives you information about the ability of the animal to survive in its environment.

• Something that you can SEE about an animal or plant's body that helps it to survive in its environment.

• Something that an animal or plant DOES to help it survive in its environment.

• When animals act extra happy to see you.

What is an instinctual behavior?

• Something that an animal is BORN knowing how to do.

• Something that an animal is TAUGHT by its parents or something that is acquired by trial and error to learn.

• Something that an animal never learns to do.

• Something that an animal is taught by humans to do, such as a dog learning to sit or lay down on command.

What is learned behavior?

• Something that an animal is BORN knowing how to do.

• Something that an animal is TAUGHT by its parents or something that is acquired by trial and error to learn.

• Something that an animal never learns to do.

• Something that an animal has a dream about doing and then does it in real life.

The average human blinks 15-20 times per minute. What is blinking an example of?

• Inherited (Instinctual) Behavior

• Acquired Behavior