(Mods) Sci 8A Checkpoint 11: Behavioral Adaptations

When a group of meerkats is looking for food, one individual meerkat stands guard. Which option describes how this behavior increases fitness?

• The guard checks to see if any of the meerkats are fighting. If so, the guard warns the fighting meerkats to stop so as not to attract predators.

• The guard warns the group if a predator is approaching. This allows meerkats to find food more safely.

• The guard checks to see if any of the group is hoarding food. This allows meerkats to share food more equally.

Which option defines innate behavior?

• an activity or behavior that an organism learns from other species

• an activity or behavior that occurs naturally in an organism

Which statement defines learned behavior?

• an activity or behavior that occurs naturally in an organism

• an activity or behavior that is acquired by an organism through experience

Which behaviors are learned?

• a chimpanzee using a tool to eat ants

• a group of lionesses hunting prey

• a baby sea turtle making its trek to the ocean after hatching

Which statement defines behavioral cycle?

• a behavior that repeats at regular intervals

• a behavior that involves a cyclic movement in the air or sea

Which statement defines hibernation?

• b) a period of time in which a day organism is active during the night

• d) a period of time in which an organism stops or slows its normal functions

Which statement defines migration?

• the movement of an organism within a single region

• the movement of an organism from one region to another

Which statement defines dormancy?

• a) a state of inactivity in organisms, where growth and development are paused

• b) a state of normal activity in organisms, where growth and development return to normal levels after an event

Which organism exhibits dormancy?

• tigers

• some protists