What's this characteristic?
Eye color
True or False? An armadillo can roll up into a ball when threatened.
True
What's this characteristic?
Curly hair
True or False? Spiders need to learn to spin a web.
False
True or False? Learned behavior is learned through experience, training, and practise.
True
A _____ is a change in the external environment detected by our senses that leads to a response. (reaction, stimulus)
Stimulus
A ______ is an action by the body that is a direct result of a stimulus. (response, stimulus)
Response
True or False? Learned behaviour is not inherited.
True
What's this characteristic?
Height
An instinct is a behavior that is ______. (learned, inherited)
Inherited
True or False? An advantage is a characteristic that can help an individual organism compete.
True
True or False? Plants don't inherit characteristics like flower color, seed color, height, and seed shape.
False
True or False? A stimulus can't be detected by any of your five senses .
False
True or False? Heredity is the passing of characteristics from parents to offspring?
True
True or False? A zebra's black and white stripes are inherited?
True
True or False? Skin color is not an inherited characteristic.
False
True or False? Bears hibernate during the winter in caves or burrows.
True
True or False? Birds know when and how to migrate by instinct.
True
True or False? The shape of a pea can be round or wrinkled.
True
What's this characteristic?
Hair color
Some organisms can hide by looking like their natural background . This is known as _____. (camouflage, protection)
Camouflage
True or False? An instinct is a physical characteristic passed on from parents to offspring.
False
How might a turtle react if it hears a noise?
Hide in its shell.
True or False? Giraffes can use their necks like a weapon to fight other giraffes.
True
True or False? The dog is hot and thirsty.
True
Characteristics are the _____ an organism has. (quantities, qualities)
Qualities
True or False? Lion cubs learn how to hunt by watching older lions.
True
True or False? Birds need to learn to build nests.
False
True or False? Dogs cannot be trained to do tricks?
False
True or False? Competition occurs when two or more living things require the same resources in order to survive.
True