Unit 3 - Lesson 6 (Behavioral Adaptations)

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

Anything an organism does

Question 2

Learned Behaviors

Answer 2

Behaviors that come from watching other animals or through experience.

Example: young animals learning how to hunt for food by copying their parents

Question 3

Instinct

Answer 3

A behavior an animal knows without learning it.

Example: searching for food is an instinct
Birds singing is an instinct
A spider spinning a web
A moth using moonlight to find its way

Question 4

Hibernate

Answer 4

When some animals go into a deep sleep-like state that helps them survive the cold during winter.
It’s heart beats more slowly and breathing almost stops

Question 5

Hibernation

Answer 5

Instinctive Behavior

Question 6

Animals that hibernate

Answer 6

Bats
Hamsters 🐹 
Porcupines /hedgehog 🦔 
Ladybugs 🐞 
Bees 🐝
Lizards 🦎 
Snakes 🐍 
Turtles 🐢 
Skunks 🦨 
Badgers 🦡 
Woodchucks

Question 7

Migrate

Answer 7

When animals move as a group from one region to another and back

Example: birds, fish, whales

Question 8

Knowing when to migrate

Answer 8

Instinct

Question 9

Knowing the path for migration

Answer 9

Learned behavior