How Animals Stay Alive
A. a dog burying a bone or B. a girl eating an apple
B. A girl eating an apple
Color or shape that helps animals blend in with their environment
Camouflage
Which characteristic is inherited rather than an acquired or learned?
A. Your eye color
B. Having a scar on your arm
A. Your eye color
A behavior that is learned and no inborn?
Learned behavior
What teeth help cows and horses crush and grind grass?
Molar
During which season of the year would a rabbit's fur be thickest?
Winter
Why are baby seals white?
A behavior an animal is born with?
Inborn
How do animals learn behavior?
Practice and repeated action
Learned
What three things do animal need to stay alive?
Food,water, oxygen
What is mimicry?
When an animal looks like a harmful animal
A quick automatic action?
Reflex
How did the otters hide from enemies?
By wrapping themselves in seaweed
what kind of teeth help beavers chew through wood?
True
What's an example of mimicry?
Bumble Bee- Bumble Bee Moth
Inborn actions that take place over long periods of time
Instinct
How did the mother chimpanzee teach its baby to find insects ?
By poking a twig into a hole to pull out the termites
What kind of behaviors is hibernation?
Instinct/ inborn
Which one is an example of an animal preparing for a seasonal change in the environment?
A. A deer drinking water
B. A squirrel storing nuts to eat at a later time
B. A squirrel storing nuts to eat at a later time
How can animal's shape help it survive?
It can look like something in the environment
2 instincts that help animals survive the winter
Migration- hibernation
When baby ducks follow the first thing they see moving it is known as...
Imprinting
A black bear is 5 years old. it has brown eyes, straight black hair, and large paws. It likes to flip over stones and logs to look for things to eat. It also climbs trees. The bear is overweight. Sometimes it lies in water to cool off in the hot summer months. Which of the following lists includes only characteristics that the bear inherited from its parents?
Straight black hair, Brown eyes, large paws