WorksheetsTypes of learned behavior
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors. For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior? (5.10B)
Building a nest each spring
Taking food from people
Having a long, bushy tail
Having sharp claws
What is behavior?
it is the way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment
a complex pattern of innate behaviors.
it is a response in which an animal’s body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather.
occurs when an animal forms an attachment to an organism or place within a specific time period after birth or hatching.
What is stimuli?
a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.
a complex pattern of innate behaviors.
it is a response in which an animal’s body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather.
occurs when an animal forms an attachment to an organism or place within a specific time period after birth or hatching.
What is migration?
complex pattern of innate behaviors.
instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.
behavior that is learned rather than inherited.
a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.
a bird building a nest is an example of a/an
inherited trait
learned behavior
Choose the four major types of learning:
classical conditioning
migration
operant conditioning
insight
habituation
A dog learns to expect food whenever a bell is rung. This is an example of what type of learning?
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
instinct
habituation
What are three ways in which animal behavior is related to environmental cycles?
hibernation
migration
courtship
circadian rhythms
What is a courtship ritual?
behaviors animals use to communicate to each other about food
behaviors animals use to attract a mate
behaviors animals use to fight disputes between each other
behaviors animals use to reproduce
This picture is an example of which type of learning?
insight learning
imprinting
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
Which of the following is the most appropriate explanation of hibernation?
Hibernation is a state of greatly reduced body activity, used to conserve food stored in the body
Hibernation is a behavioral process whereby adults of the same species attract each other for a potential mate.
Hibernation is the movement of animals from one place to another in response to season changes.
Hibernation is a social behavior in which certain animals travel together in groups to protect each other.
Read each of the following behavioral responses. Which is an example of an inherited behavior?
Chimpanzee using small sticks to dig for insects
A young whale beginning to swim
A child understanding that a hot stove will burn his hand
A young lion catching his prey on the third trial
Read each of the explanations below. Which of the following most appropriately explains courtship.
Courtship is a behavior in which animals move from place to place in response to seasonal changes.
Courtship is a behavior in which an animal’s body temperature drops and heartbeat slows down.
Courtship is a behavior in which adults of a species try to attract a potential mate.
Courtship is a behavior in which certain animals travel together in groups to protect each other.
Which of the following would be affected in you fly from one side of the world to the other?
reasoning
circadian rhythm
habituation
innate behavior
