Animal Behavior Adaptations Check Point

________________ are any behavioral or structural characteristics of an organism that help it to survive in its environment.

• Nature

• Adaptations

• Hibernation

• Instincts

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A ______________ is something an animal does – how it acts - usually in response to some type of external stimuli.

• Body adaptation

• Structural adaptation

• Instinctual adaptation

• Behavioral adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

______________ is an inactive period of time for an animal during an extremely cold season.

• Camouflage

• Migration

• Instincts

• Hibernation

Canadian geese flying north in the summer to rich feeding grounds.

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Estivation

A period in an organism's life cycle in which growth, development, and physical activity temporarily stops.

• Tropism

• Hibernation

• Dormancy

• Turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.

• Circadian Rhythm

• Tropism

• Migration

______changes occur due to summer, winter, spring, and fall.

• Yearly

• Daily

• Seasonal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A short-term change like tropism, can occur daily.

• true

• false

Are the following seasonal/short-term changes or long-term changes?

Hibernation, Dormancy and Tropism

• Seasonal/short-term changes

• long-term changes

Reflect on a time when you exhibited adaptive behavior in your own life. How did it help you navigate a challenging situation?

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1