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Instinct or Learned behavior?

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The following are all examples of instincts except:
a)
Blinking
b)
Breathing
c)
Talking
d)
Swallowing
2.

A baby crying because he is hungry is an example of what?

a)

A learned behavior

b)

An instinct

c)

A learned behavior

3.
Having dark hair like dad 
a)
learned behavior
b)
inherited trait 
4.

Which is an example of a learned behavior?

a)

Blue eyes

b)

Having freckles

c)

Speaking English

5.
Which is an example of an inherited trait? 
a)
Reading
b)
Speaking Spanish
c)
Having stripes
d)
Throwing a baseball 
6.
Some likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?
a)
eating
b)
running
c)
barking
d)
shaking hands 
7.

Which of the following is an instinct?

a)

riding a bike

b)

building a nest

c)

a dog sitting when he is told, SIT!

d)

skating on rollerblades

8.
Which is an example of a learned behavior?
a)
blinking
b)
riding a bike
c)
swallowing
d)
crying
9.

What is an inherited trait?

a)

A scar

b)

Characteristics passed from parents to offspring.

10.

Instinct inherited trait or learned behavior? Curly hair

a)

Instinct

b)

Inherited trait

c)

Learned behavior

11.
Instinct or Learned?
Raccoons might open garbage bags left to eat leftover pizza.
a)
Instinct
b)
Learned
12.
Instinct or Learned?
Turtles migrate to the same beach to lay eggs.
a)
Instinct
b)
Learned
13.

When monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico for the winter it is because of__.

a)

instinct

b)

he learned

14.

If you and your brother have a scar above your right eye this is due to __.

a)

inherited traits

b)

instinct

c)

acquired traits

15.

A dolphin that catches bubbles and balances a bouncy ball after a whistle is because of ___.

a)

learned behavior

b)

instinct

c)

inherited trait

16.

Dorie the fish is blue because___?

a)

instinct

b)

learned behavior

c)

inherited traits

17.

A plant that has long pointy leaves has this type of leaf because it is

a)

a learned behavior

b)

inherited.