Traits
What is an inherited trait?
It is a trait you received from your parents. It passed down from generations to generations.
What is a behavior?
Behavior is when a living thing does actions, reactions and functions in response to everyday environments and situations
What is the difference between a physical and behavioral adaptation?
Physical is something an animal has on their body or a sound and behavioral is something an animal does like an action
What are the two types of adaptations?
Physical and behavioral
What is an offspring?
How do you get an inherited trait?
It is passed down through your parents and from previous generations.
What behavioral adaptation does a rabbit have when it runs?
A rabbit runs in a zig zag pattern to escape from predators.
P or B
An animal having long legs to see over tall grass.
Physical
What is the purpose of an adaptation?
To help a living thing survive in its environment or surroundings
What is heredity?
the passing down of traits from parents to offspring
What is a trait?
A trait is a characteristic you have like eye color
What is the difference between a learned behavior and an instinctive behavior?
a learned behavior is something you were taught and an instinctive behavior is something you already know without learning.
Physical or behavioral
A viceroy butterfly mimicking a monarch butterfly.
Physical
When do animals adapt?
What is cameoflauge?
something that blends into the surrounding or environment
If the mom has brown eyes BB and the dad has brown eyes Bb, What is the percentage that their baby would have blue eyes?
0%
B B
B BB BB
b Bb Bb
A bird knowing how to build a nest is a learned or inherited behavior?
Inherited! They have this skill from when they are born
P or B
A bear hibernating and using stored fat and energy to survive the winter.
Behavioral
Why do all animals have different adaptations?
Every animals needs to adapt differently to different environments and surroundings
What is migration?
The act of moving somewhere else in order to survive
What is the difference between a dominant and recessive trait?
dominant masks the recessive trait and is more common
Inherited behaviors and skills are passed from?
Parent to offspring
How many adaptations does each animal have?
It varies! Some have a lot of adaptations. It depends on their individual surroundings.
What happens if an animal does not adapt to its surroundings?
It does not survive.
What is an adaptation?
The change in a living thing in order to survive