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Animal Adaptations And Behaviors
Test Description: Structures for movement, obtaining food, defense. Animal Behaviors
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A bird building a nest, a spider spinning a web, and a baby turtle traveling from its nest to the ocean are _____
A
Conditioning behaviors
B
Imprinting behaviors
C
Learned behaviors
D
Inherited behaviors
2) Winter is a harsh time of year because there is little to no food available. Which of the following is NOT a way that animals deal with the lack of food during winter.
A
Gathering and storing seeds
B
Hibernating through the cold months
C
Camouflaging themselves to match a winter environment
D
Migrating to new feeding grounds
3) A physical response an animal has to increase its body temperature in response to a drop in the outside temperature is known as ____________.
A
gathering food
B
blinking
C
shedding
D
shivering
4) When a student does not follow the rules at school, he/she is punished, but students who follow the rules are not punished. This behavior is called a ______________ behavior.
A
learned
B
imprinting
C
innate
D
inherited
5) Zookeepers feed newborn birds with hand puppets that looks like adult birds. Which of the following is the best reason puppets rather than humans are used to feed the young chicks?
A
To teach the chicks to follow the zookeepers.
B
To not scare the baby birds.
C
To teach the chicks to eat with their beaks.
D
To teach the chicks to recognize their own species.
6) Changes in the environment are called _______.
A
conditioning
B
stimuli
C
response
D
behavior
7) A clam's hard shell helps it by ____________.
A
providing a place to store extra food
B
protecting it from predators
C
keeping it dry
D
helping it swim
8) Some animals are social and travel together in groups. Which statement does not explain how grouping keeps animals safe?
A
A large school of fish makes the predator think it is one large animal
B
Meerkats look out for predators and warn others if they see anything
C
All of the above are ways grouping keeps animals safe
D
Colobus Monkeys will work as a group to fight off an attacking chimpanzee
9) The scarlet king snake is not poisonous, but looks almost identical to the coral snake which is very poisonous. What is this type of defense structure the animal uses for survival called?
A
Camouflage
B
Coloration
C
Copy cat behavior
D
Mimicry
10) Which of the following is NOT an example of a process used for maintaining a constant internal temperature?
A
Blinking
B
Shedding
C
Panting
D
Sweating
11) In what way is a fish, a bird, and a human alike?
A
They all lay eggs
B
They are all endotherms
C
They all have a backbone
D
They all have legs
12) A lizard is a vertebrate organism that can be classified as a/an ___________.
A
Mammal
B
Amphibian
C
Reptile
D
Arthropod
13) Which one of the following is not a structure an animal would use for defense?
A
beaks
B
claws
C
stingers
D
fur
14) How is a jellyfish different from a fish?
A
A fish has a backbone
B
A jellyfish has a backbone
C
A fish is in the animal kingdom
D
A fish lives in water
15) Which animal is an endotherm?
A
mouse
B
fish
C
turtle
D
lizard
16) A starfish is an example of a/an _______________
A
Amphibian
B
Mullosk
C
Arthropod
D
Echinoderm
17) An octopus would use which of the following defense mechanisms?
A
A shell to hide in
B
Ejecting ink
C
Grouping
D
Emitting an odor
18) Not all animals use the same type of defense mechanisms. Which of the statements below is NOT an example of a defensive mechanism?
A
Emitting a foul smell when threatened
B
Traveling as a group
C
Using tentacles to grab and hold food
D
Drawing up inside a shell
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