Vocabulary
Bears and ground squirrels go into a deep, heavy sleep all winter long to save energy when food is scarce.
What is hibernation?
Behavior that an animal is born knowing how to do without being taught
What is innate behavior?
Kangaroos and koalas are examples of what type of animal?
What are marsupials?
Our sea robin is a ____ to the small minnows in our tank
What is a predator?
How do bottlenose dolphins find prey and communicate underwater?
What is echolocation?
Monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles south every winter to stay warm in this type of seasonal journey
What is migration?
A dog knowing to sit on command is what type of behavior
What is learned behavior?
This marine crustacean has 5 pairs of eyes along its body
What is a horseshoe crab?
These small fish inflate themselves when threatened
What is a pufferfish?
Which is NOT a characteristic of a mammal?
A. warm-blooded
B. two legs
C. hair or fur
D. produce milk for their young
What is B?
Cookie cutter sharks primarily hunt at night, making them…
What is nocturnal?
A body part or a behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment
What is an adaptation?
Zebrafish feed on this small crustacean in the MBL Lab
What are brine shrimp?
This crab species is highly invasive and is commonly found in Woods Hole
What is an Asian shore crab?
What is a blue whale?
An adaptation that allows an animal to protect itself by changing color or texture to look like another living thing or habitat
What is camouflage?
A possum playing dead to protect itself from predators is an example of a behavioral or physical adaptation?
What is behavioral adaptation?
This farm animal goes into a state of tonic when being held upside down
What is a chicken?
This crab molts and then changes shells completely as it grows larger in size
What is a hermit crab?
A chameleon changes colors to regulate which body function
What is temperature?
Jake rings a bell every time he feeds his dog. Now, everytime the dog hears a bell, it comes running into the kitchen looking for food. This is an example of
What is classical conditioning?
A polar bear's thick layer of blubber to keep warm is an example of a behavioral or physical adaptation?
What is physical adaptation?
This part of a humpback whale acts as a fingerprint to identify individuals
What is a fluke?
Elongated snake-like fish that open and close their mouths to push water over their gills
What is an eel?
What was the name of the puppy that visited our classroom?
Poppy!