Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Learned or Inherited
Critical Thinking
Checking Main ideas
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Anything that causes a living thing to react is a/an_____________
stimulus
100
A reflex is an example of ___________ , which an organism is born with.
inherited behavior,
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Most animals learn behaviors when ____________.
When they are young
100
Apply - Adult salmon (fish) migrate upstream to lay their eggs. What type of behavior do you think this migration is? Explain.
Inherited behavior; no one has to teach them which way to swim or when to migrate.
100
Provide three examples of learned behaviors in pets
sitting, responding to their names, fetching a ball.
200
The way that a living thing acts or responds to its environment is its ___________.
behavior
200
Something in a living thing's environment that causes it to react is an __________.
external stimulus
200
After hearing a loud sounds, you cover your ears. The sounds is a _________.
external stimulus
200
Synthesize - An animal's nest is underground and the animal only leaves its nest at night. What might you conclude about this animal's senses?
Because it is awake a lot at night, it must have very good night-vision, or rely on other senses such as smell or hearing.
200
Explain how bats find moths to eat
Bats use echolocation. They send out sounds waves that bounce off objects in their environment and travel back to the bat.
300
Everything that surrounds and affects a living thing is a ____________.
environment
300
A behavior that a living thing is taught or acquires from experience is a ________.
learned behavior
300
Some animals go into a deep sleep, or ___________, in winter.
hibernate
300
Evaluate - Your friend says that when you camp, you should keep food where wildlife cannot see of smell it. Do you think this is good advice? Explain.
This is good advice. Many animals can smell food from far away. These animals could be dangerous to people if they came close looking for the food.
300
When a spider spins a web is that an example of learned or inherited behavior? explain.
Spiders inherit their ability to spin webs. They do not need to be taught how or where to build their webs.
400
Anything within an organism's body that causes it to react is an ___________.
internal stimulus
400
The reaction of a living thing to a stimulus is a ________
response
400
what is an example of an internal stimulus?
hunger, stomach ache, head ache...
400
Analyze - After a race, a swimmer walks out of the ocean. The air is cool. She starts to shiver. In this situation, what is an example of a stimulus and response? Is the response an example of an inherited behavior or a learned behavior?
Cool air is a stimulus. Shivering is the response. Shivering is a reflex so it is an inherited behavior.
400
Describe one instinct some animals exhibit at the beginning of cold winter months.
Birds migrate or move from colder to warmer places; some animals hibernate or go into a deep sleep.
500
A complex pattern of inherited behavior such as geese migrating is a(n) ____________.
instinct
500
a feature of characteristic of a living thing is a _________
trait
500
Infer - If you observe that all robins' nests look alike. What can you infer from this?
You can infer that nest-building is an inherited behavior for robins.
500
Apply - You notice that the plants on you friend's windowsill are leaning toward the window. Use what you know about a stimulus, a response, and the needs of plants to explain what you see.
All plants need sunlight. Sunlight coming through the window is a stimulus. Plants respond to the stimulus by growing toward the window to receive more light.
500
Compare - how a person and a snake detect doers in the air.
a person detects doers with his nose. A snake uses its tongue and an organ in its mouth to detect odors.
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