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WorksheetsAsessment #3 9th Grade
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
One fish was caught too close to another's fish territory. What type of behavior is the fish that opens its mouth showing?
Fitness
Reproductive Success
Aggression
Care of young
Why does the giraffe protect its offspring?
To decrease the death rate of the population.
To avoid predation in its family.
To improve the giraffe's reproductive success.
To teach its offspring how to survive.
Many animals use _________ _________ to find a suitable mate.
(a)
The type of courtship behavior displayed by the bird in the animation is
visual display
vocalization
aggression
fitness
A strategy used by animals to care for their young is:
To migrate during winter season, to avoid cold and harsh conditions.
To display a threatening or unfriendly behavior against competitors.
To defend the female that is with the young.
To build a nest or shelter for their young.
When the death rate is greater than the birth rate, the population size will (a) .
An organism that has a high fitness is one that
produces many offspring.
produces stronger and healthier offsping.
has the best courtship behaviors.
has the best physical traits.
The type of courthip display by the male in the animation is a ______ _______
(a)
The likelihood of passing genetic information to offspring is the organism's
fitness
reproductive success
behavioral adaptation
reproductive behavior
A territory is a valuable resource that an animal has to defend. Most animals defend it with
vocalization
fights
substances they release from their body
displays of aggression
When orca (Oricinus orca) mothers have their calf, these newborns rely exclusively on their mothers’ milk for up to two years, and afterwards, orca moms hunt for their offspring and provide food until the babies learn to hunt themselves. Also, scientists have found that orca mothers continue to care for adult sons into adulthood.
Explain how caring for their offspring affects the orca mom's reproductive success (3 pts; 1 pt for definition of reproductive success, 1 pt explanation of how is reproductive succes affected, 1 pt complete sentences)
