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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is a Learned Behavior?
Something you get at birth
Having blue hair
Something you learn later on in your life
Learning to have blue eyes
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is an Inherited Trait?
Learning to ride a bike
Braiding Hair
Having long hair
Something you get from a parent
- 3. Multiple Choice
Samantha has blue hair is that a learned behavior, Inherited trait, or an Instinct?
acquired
Inherited trait
learned behavior
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which Characteristic did Johnny most likely inherited from his parents?
Long hair
Wearing Glasses
Short hair
Riding a bike
- 5. Multiple Choice
A dog shakes hands/paws with its owner and gets a treat. What does this show?
Inherited trait
Learned Behavior
Instinct
just because
- 6. Multiple Choice
What would a baby most likely Inherit from a parent?
crying
brown hair
eating
- 7. Multiple Choice
Some behaviors/traits are learned and some are inherited. Which of the following are inherited?
Long Hair
Blue eyes
Short Hair
Brown hair
- 8. Multiple Choice
Some behaviors/traits are learned and some are inherited. Which of the following are inherited?
Long Hair
Blue eyes
Short Hair
Brown hair
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a learned behavior?
Playing uno
Walking
Running
- 10. Multiple Choice
Everyday a farmer feeds its pig at 4:30pm but soon the pig starts coming and waits at the fence at 4:25 pm. This behavior is an example of........
Inherited trait
Learned Behavior
Instinct
- 11. Multiple Choice
Everyday a farmer feeds its pig at 4:30pm but soon the pig starts coming and waits at the fence at 4:25 pm. This behavior is an example of........
Inherited trait
Learned Behavior
Instinct
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is
MOST LIKELY a learned behavior?
Walking on a sunny day
Cat running to a can opener sound
- 13. Multiple Choice
My dogs have brown fur. What does that show?
Instinct
Learned behavior
Inherited trait
- 14. Multiple Choice
The following are Inherited traits EXEPT......
brown hair
blue eyes
Long hair
Thick hair
- 15. Multiple Choice
A way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is not learned.
Inherited trait
Instinct
- 16. Multiple Choice
Behaviors that does not need to be taught
Innate behavior
Learned behavior
trait
Instinct
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is something people are born with?
disliking food
riding a bike
rolling your tongue
speaking a foreign
- 18. Multiple Choice
When animals exhibit inherit, natural behaviors such as migrating or hibernating, this behavior is known as .....
inherited traits
learned trait
acquired trait
instinct
- 19. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are examples of Inherited Traits EXCEPT -Eye ColorSkin ColorFoot SizeSpeaking Spanish
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a Learned Behavior?Food PreferenceHeightReligionLanguage
- 21. Multiple ChoiceCamels live in the desert and have wide, flat, leathery pads on the bottoms of their feet. This adaptation most likely helps them -find sources of waterclimb rocky hillssleep standing upwalk on hot sand
- 22. Multiple ChoiceSome monkeys live their entire lives in trees. What body structure helps the monkey move around in its habitat?brown fur with white patchessmall ears and large eyesvery small pointed teethgrasping hands and feet
- 23. Multiple ChoiceSome birds have large, sharp claws and beaks. These birds most likely eat -tall grassespond microorganismssmall animalstiny insects
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhich foot is best adapted for an animal that must dig tunnels underground to escape predators?light, with webbing between toespowerful, with long, wide, strong nailsone large toe with a flat bottomvery wide with thick pads
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT an example of a plant adaptation?a cactus has thick cover to hold water ina tree loses its leaves in the wintera plant has green leavesa lily grows bright red flower to attract pollinators
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich would not change a plant's growth pattern?receiving less waterreceiving less sunlightrotating the potexposing it to a strong smell
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these adaptations most help the hawk keep other hawks out of its territory by warning them from far away?brown headloud callhollow bonessharp claws
- 28. Multiple ChoiceA dog rolls over and gets a treat, so she rolls over again. This is an example of a...learned behaviorinherited behaviorphysical traitinstinct
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an example of a learned characteristic?Color of a dog's furA mouse successfully running a mazeColor-blindnessBlinking your eyes several times a minute
- 30. Multiple ChoiceSmelts are fish that lay their eggs in the sand of a beach. When the eggs hatch, the babies know to go to the water. This is an example of...inherited behaviorcamouflagehibernationlearned behavior
- 31. Multiple ChoiceCrows are black birds with excellent hearing. In the wild they live 6-7 years. Some crows in Japan open hard-shelled nuts by dropping them in front of moving cars. Which of these is a learned behavior?excellent hearingdropping nuts in front of carsliving 6-7 yearshaving black feathers
- 32. Multiple Choice
Why is a spider spinning a web an instinctive behavior?
It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.
It is born knowing how to spin a web.
It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
- 33. Multiple ChoiceA scientist observes sea otters using rocks to break open clamshells. Which of these investigations would best help the scientist determine whether this skill is a learned or an inherited behavior?Determining what sizes and kinds of rocks are used most often by sea ottersDetermining whether shellfish are an important food source in the diet of sea ottersRaising young sea otters away from adult otters that use rocks and observing whether the young otters use rocksObserving families of sea otters over time to see whether adults that use rocks have offspring that use rocks
- 34. Multiple ChoiceAnimal behavior that develops from observation or instruction is called:TraitLearned BehaviorOffspring
- 35. Multiple Choice
a characteristic that is passed from parents to their offspring
inherited traits
instinctive behavior
acquired trait
learned behavior
- 36. Multiple Choice
a physical characteristic that is not inherited, and may be an effect of the environment such as a scar or missing limb
acquired trait
learned behavior
inherited trait
instinctive behavior
- 37. Multiple Choice
a behavior that an animal develops by observing other animals or by being taught
learned behavior
trait
adaptation
instinctive behavior
- 38. Multiple ChoiceFox squirrels live in the trees of city parks in Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of trees. They are also often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors.
For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?Having brown furTaking food from peopleHaving a long bushy tailHaving sharp claws - 39. Multiple ChoiceA dog owner feeds his new dog in its sleeping crate. Soon the dog runs to its crate when it is hungry. This behavior is an example ofinherited behaviorlearned behaviorinstinctmigration pattern
- 40. Multiple ChoiceSome likenesses between parents and offspring are learned. Which of the following is a learned behavior in dogs?eatingrunningbarkingshaking hands
- 41. Multiple ChoiceA dog owner feeds his new dog in its sleeping crate. Soon the dog runs to its crate when it is hungry. This behavior is an example ofinherited behaviorlearned behaviorinstinctmigration pattern
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