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1 Innate Behaviors Learned Behaviors Both Name Date Hour Table Chapter 8 Lesson One AP o cognitive o develop o happen o response o help Directions: behavior through automatically to maintain Complete the practice stimulus homeostasis Venn diagram o migration o hibernation o imprinting o inherited o instincts below. Place each of the o conditioning o reflexes o trial and terms and error phrases from the word bank in the correct part of the diagram.

2 Directions: On each line, write the letter that represents each of the types of learned behavior indicated by the sentence. Each term may be used more than once. A. cognitive behavior B. conditioning C. imprinting D. trial-and-error 14. Fish learn to come to the surface of the water when a hand is held over it. 15. A child learns how to button his shirt. 16. Sea turtles return to the beach where they were hatched. 17. Young birds follow their mother around. 18. A first grader learns how to solve an addition problem. 19. A dog salivates every time it hears a bell. 20. A cat learns how to open a small door. 21. A monkey learns how to use a stick to scoop terminates. 22. A dog barks when it hears the family car pull into the garage. 23. Otters smash clam shells with rocks. 24. Birds do not eat monarch butterflies because of their taste. 25. Parakeets start to chirp when their food dish is removed from their bird cage. 26. A human is the first to feed a newborn lamb, so the lamb follows the human around the barn. 27. A dog sits down when a treat is held in front of it. 28. A tennis player practices hitting the ball over the net. 29. The choir learns a new song for the concert

3 Lesson Two-AP Directions: On each line, write the letter of the term that correctly describes each sentence. Each term may be used more than once. Types of Communication A. body language B. chemicals C. light D. sound 1. The animal releases a pheromone. 2. Parrots bob their heads up and down. 3. Whales whistle and grunt. 4. Fish in deep water attract other fish using bioluminescence. 5. A dog pulls its ears down when scolded for eating the cat s food. 6. Sandhill cranes throw their heads back and squawk loudly 7. Fireflies make the night look like flickering sparkles. 8. Ants follow a trail to discarded apple core. 9. A cat crouches down when it encounters a neighbor cat. 10. Tree frogs provide a concert of croaks after dark. 11. Crickets rub their forewings together to let other crickets know where they are. 12. Dogs urinate on several places to mark their territory. 13. A male bird sings while perched in a cherry tree. 14. A dog shows its teeth when it sees another dog walk by the house. 15. A kitten purrs when it is picked up. 16. A dog runs to its owner, sits down, and raises its paws.

4 Directions: On each line, write the letter of the term that correctly describes each sentence. Each term may be used more than once. A. courtship B. dominance C. submission D. territorial behaviors 17. Two giraffes push each other with their necks, but the behavior rarely results in fatal injury. 18. The hierarchy in hyenas has the following order: females, cubs, males. 19. Birds call to other birds in the early spring. 20. A family dog rolls on its back when a neighbor dog comes near. 21. Male birds bring female birds gifts of food. 22. Cats scratch the bark on trees in a particular area. 23. Male fiddler crabs wave their enlarged claws as they move across the ocean floor. 24. A wolf attempts to intimidate a wolf from another pack. 25. Animals fight members of the same species, but do not cause them harm. 26. Male tigers spray plants with urine. 27. One hyena member stands guard as the other members of the society feed on the recent kill. 28. A small dog moves back when a large cat comes near it. 29. A large rooster forces other chickens to move aside to get to some corn on the ground. 30. Two bulls push each other back and forth in the barnyard as other cattle watch. 31. A dog rolls over when it is petted by its owner. 32. Gypsy moths release pheromones to attract possible mates.

5 Lesson Three Directions: Use the diagram to respond to each statement by writing the letter of the term that matches it correctly. Each term may be used more than once. 1. Fertilization is part of this process. 2. This happens before a kangaroo is born. 3. A developing snake uses the yolk for nourishment. 4. A ladybug changes from a larva to a pupa. 5. A human baby grows for nine months before being born. 6. This occurs before a baby sparrow hatches from an egg. 7. This occurs before a turtle hatches from an egg that has been buried in the sand by its mother. 8. Fish release sperm in the water that join with eggs. 9. This is what happens before a baby calf is born in an open field. 10. A female frog deposits eggs under water that are later joined by sperm. 11. This happens inside frog eggs before tadpoles hatch. 12. This is the changing of a ladybug pupa into an adult beetle

6 Directions: Put a check mark in the column that each term describes. 13. This is the length of time between fertilization and birth 14. The form of the body changes as the animal grows. 15. The development of a kangaroo occurs in the pouch. 16. The tadpole is the larval stage of a frog. 17. This involves more than one phase of development. 18. Its length is dependent on size of the animal. 19. Larva and adult forms have different lifestyles 20. This is common to amphibians and animals without backbones. Gestation Metamorphosis Chapter 8- Application Directions: For each of the multiple choice questions, mark the answer. Then on the line before each number, record the page number where the answer can be found. 1. The larva and pupa stages of development are part of A. mitosis B. estivation C. metamorphosis D. asexual reproduction 2. Which situation occurs in internal and external fertilization? A. an egg and sperm fuse B. a female lays unfertilized eggs C. an embryo grows in the mother s body D. a zygote forms outside the mother s body 3. Reasoning and problem solving are examples of A. reflexes B. instincts C. innate behavior D. cognitive behavior 4. How is a pheromone communication different from bioluminescence? A. only pheromone communication uses chemicals B. only pheromones cannot be seen C. only pheromones can be used for courtship D. only pheromones can be used to communicate with individuals of the same species 5. Your math teacher assigns questions that you ve not worked on before. You solve them by remembering similar problems. What type of behavior are you using? A. cognitive behavior B. trial and error C. reflex behavior D. hibernation

7 Chapter 8 Puzzle Clues: Use these clues and chapter 8 to fill in the puzzle ACROSS 2 Work together for protection and obtaining food 5 Ruby-throated hummingbirds do this from New England to the Yucatan Peninsula and back 6 Leave a trail of chemicals to communicate to other ants where to follow 8 Most animals that use bioluminescence live here 9 Period of inactivity in warm locations; similar to hibernation 10 Ways to maintain homeostasis when the environment changes 12 These have tough, leathery covering and are laid on land (two words) 14 From Greek pherin meaning to carry 15 Animals live on fat that is stored during colder weather 16 Eggs laid here usually have a tough jelly-like substance that surrounds them (two words) 17 By doing this a species of armadillo may be able to startle predators and escape 18 A response to internal conditions that helps maintain homeostasis by removing something that could cause illness 19 Traps air near the body to help birds keep warm (two words) DOWN 1 Simplest innate behavior; an automatic response that does not involve a message from a brain 3 Using specialized behaviors to attract a mate 4 A series of events that regularly recur and lead back to a starting point 7 Response where the body prepares to deal with a perceived threat (three words) 8 Chickens and most other female birds only have ovary and produce larger eggs 11 From the Latin hibernare and means the action of passing the winter 13 Contained inside an egg to provide nourishment for a developing embryo

8 Directions: Use the clues to fill in the answers to the puzzle. Answers can be found in chapter eight.

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