All flashcards
Flashcard 1: Which behavior shows teaching for survival: showing how to find food or ignoring the young?
Answer: Showing how to find food. Teaching survival skills helps offspring live independently later.
Flashcard 2: What is one behavior that helps parents keep offspring safe during danger?
Answer: Hiding the young in a safe place. Hiding protects young from predators who cannot find them.
Flashcard 3: What is the meaning of offspring in animal families?
Answer: The babies or young of a parent animal. Offspring means the children or babies that come from parents.
Flashcard 4: Which behavior helps offspring avoid predators: staying close to a parent or wandering alone?
Answer: Staying close to a parent. Parents can defend offspring better when they stay nearby.
Flashcard 5: Identify the behavior pattern: penguins take turns keeping the egg warm. What does this help?
Answer: It helps the egg stay warm and safe. Eggs need constant warmth to develop and protection from predators.
Flashcard 6: What is the meaning of protect as a parent behavior?
Answer: To keep offspring safe from harm. Protection prevents injury, death, or other dangers to offspring.
Flashcard 7: Which behavior is a pattern of care: cleaning a baby animal or never helping it?
Answer: Cleaning a baby animal. Cleaning removes dirt and parasites that could cause illness.
Flashcard 8: Which behavior helps offspring get food: parents bring food or parents hide food from babies?
Answer: Parents bring food. Parents must provide food since babies cannot hunt or gather.
Flashcard 9: What is the name of the behavior when a mother feeds milk to her young?
Answer: Nursing. Nursing is how mammal mothers feed milk to their babies.
Flashcard 10: Identify the best reason a parent moves babies to a new den: to stay safe or to get lost?
Answer: To stay safe. Parents move offspring when predators discover the old location.
Flashcard 11: Which behavior helps offspring learn: parents demonstrate a skill or parents chase babies away?
Answer: Parents demonstrate a skill. Offspring learn by watching and copying parent behaviors.
Flashcard 12: Which parent behavior best protects babies from predators: guarding or walking away?
Answer: Guarding. Guarding means staying near to watch for and stop danger.
Flashcard 13: Which parent behavior helps offspring stay warm: building a nest or leaving eggs uncovered?
Answer: Building a nest. Nests provide warmth and shelter, while uncovered eggs get cold.
Flashcard 14: What is a pattern in behaviors?
Answer: A behavior that happens again and again. Patterns repeat regularly, like feeding babies every day.
Flashcard 15: What is a behavior in science?
Answer: An action an animal does. Behaviors are the things animals do, like eating or sleeping.
Flashcard 16: Identify the behavior pattern: birds sit on eggs until they hatch. What behavior is this?
Answer: Keeping eggs warm (incubating). Incubating uses body heat to help eggs develop properly.
Flashcard 17: What is the meaning of survive for a young animal?
Answer: To stay alive long enough to grow. Surviving means not dying and continuing to live and develop.
Flashcard 18: What is the meaning of shelter in parent-offspring behavior?
Answer: A safe place that protects from weather and danger. Shelters like nests or dens keep offspring warm and hidden.
Flashcard 19: Identify the behavior pattern: a parent bird brings insects to the nest each day. What need is met?
Answer: Food for the chicks. Baby birds cannot fly to find food, so parents must provide it.
Flashcard 20: Which repeated behavior most helps offspring survive in cold weather: keeping them warm or leaving them wet?
Answer: Keeping them warm. Body heat from parents prevents offspring from freezing.
Flashcard 21: Which behavior is defending offspring: chasing a predator away, napping, hibernating, or shedding fur?
Answer: Chasing a predator away. Actively confronting threats protects vulnerable offspring.
Flashcard 22: Identify the pattern: A parent bird repeatedly brings worms to chicks; what survival-helping behavior is shown?
Answer: Feeding offspring. Regular food delivery ensures chicks get nutrition to grow.
Flashcard 23: Identify the pattern: A mother cat moves kittens to a hidden spot; what survival-helping behavior is shown?
Answer: Providing shelter and protection. Moving to safer locations reduces predator risk.
Flashcard 24: Identify the pattern: A penguin keeps an egg on its feet under feathers; what behavior is shown?
Answer: Keeping the egg warm (incubation). Body heat transfers through feet and feathers to develop the egg.
Flashcard 25: Identify the pattern: A parent stays near babies and watches for danger; what behavior is shown?
Answer: Guarding offspring. Constant vigilance helps detect and respond to threats quickly.
Flashcard 26: Which behavior helps eggs develop by keeping them warm: incubation, hunting, molting, or hibernation?
Answer: Incubation. Warmth from parent's body helps embryos develop inside eggs.
Flashcard 27: What is the term for a safe place where parents keep eggs or babies, such as a nest or den?
Answer: Shelter (nest or den). Protected spaces keep young safe from weather and predators.
Flashcard 28: What is the main purpose of parental care behaviors in animals?
Answer: To help offspring survive and grow. These behaviors increase chances of offspring reaching adulthood.
Flashcard 29: Which behavior shows providing shelter: building a nest, chasing a ball, changing color, or sleeping?
Answer: Building a nest. Creating safe spaces protects eggs and babies from danger.
Flashcard 30: What is the term for a mother mammal giving milk to her young?
Answer: Nursing. Milk provides essential nutrients for mammal babies to grow.