STEMscopes: Animal Behavior and Survival

Adaptable

• All the ways animals interact with members of their own kind, other animals, and the environment

• An animal behavior that helps another of its kind

• Having the ability to adapt

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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Altruism

• All the ways animals interact with members of their own kind, other animals, and the environment

• An animal behavior that helps another of its kind

• The interaction between two or more organisms for a common goal

Animal Behavior

• The interaction between two or more organisms for a common goal

• A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

• All the ways animals interact with members of their own kind, other animals, and the environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Cooperative Behavior

• The behavior an animal uses to attract a mate

• A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

• The interaction between two or more organisms for a common goal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Correlation

• A source of knowledge obtained by observation or experimentation

• The behavior an animal uses to attract a mate

• A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Courtship

• A source of knowledge obtained by observation or experimentation

• The behavior an animal uses to attract a mate

• Gathering in a large group

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Empirical Evidence

• A source of knowledge obtained by observation or experimentation

• Gathering in a large group

• Behaviors that occur within or between groups of organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Flocking

• Gathering in a large group

• Behaviors that occur within or between groups of organisms

• A slowed physiological state of an organism to survive long periods of cold temperature or reduced food supplies

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Group Behavior

• Behaviors that occur within or between groups of organisms

• A genetically instinctive behavior of an organism that can be expressed without prior knowledge or exposure

• A slowed physiological state of an organism to survive long periods of cold temperature or reduced food supplies

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Hibernation

• A slowed physiological state of an organism to survive long periods of cold temperature or reduced food supplies

• A behavior that is developed from experience

• A genetically instinctive behavior of an organism that can be expressed without prior knowledge or exposure

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5