All flashcards
Flashcard 1: Which parent behavior helps offspring learn skills: demonstrating hunting or ignoring the young?
Answer: Demonstrating hunting. Parents teach by showing offspring how to do things.
Flashcard 2: What word names the actions an animal does, such as feeding or protecting young?
Answer: Behavior. Behavior describes how animals act and what they do.
Flashcard 3: What is a parent in a plant or animal life cycle?
Answer: An adult living thing that has offspring. Parents are mature organisms that reproduce.
Flashcard 4: Which offspring behavior is most likely to get a parent to feed it: opening its mouth or staying silent and still?
Answer: Opening its mouth. Baby birds open mouths wide to show they're hungry.
Flashcard 5: What does it mean when a parent protects offspring?
Answer: The parent keeps the young from danger. Protection means guarding young from harm.
Flashcard 6: Which behavior best shows parental care: leaving eggs alone or keeping them warm?
Answer: Keeping them warm. Warmth helps eggs develop and hatch successfully.
Flashcard 7: Which behavior best shows parental care: sharing food with young or taking food away?
Answer: Sharing food with young. Parents feed young who cannot find food themselves.
Flashcard 8: Which behavior is a sign of protection: a mother cat moving kittens to a hidden spot or leaving them exposed?
Answer: Moving kittens to a hidden spot. Mother cats hide babies to keep them safe from danger.
Flashcard 9: What is the name for a behavior an offspring does to get help, such as calling or crying?
Answer: A signal for help. Young animals cry or call when they need their parents.
Flashcard 10: Which parent behavior means giving food to babies?
Answer: Feeding. Parents provide food to help their young grow.
Flashcard 11: What is the word for an animal behavior an animal is born knowing how to do?
Answer: Instinct (instinctive behavior). Animals are born with these automatic behaviors.
Flashcard 12: What is the best evidence that a behavior is instinctive?
Answer: It happens without being taught. No teaching needed for instinctive behaviors.
Flashcard 13: Which option describes a learned behavior: 'A puppy sits after training' or 'A spider spins a web'?
Answer: A puppy sits after training. Training teaches new behaviors not present at birth.
Flashcard 14: What is the best evidence that a behavior is learned and not instinctive?
Answer: It is taught or practiced and improves over time. Learned behaviors need practice to develop.
Flashcard 15: Which option shows offspring learning from a parent: 'A chick copies pecking' or 'Rain falls from clouds'?
Answer: A chick copies pecking. Young learn by watching and copying parents.
Flashcard 16: Identify the parent behavior: A penguin keeps its chick on its feet to warm it.
Answer: Keeping offspring warm. Feet provide warmth in cold environments.
Flashcard 17: What is the word for a group behavior where parents and young stay together for safety?
Answer: Staying in a group (herding/flocking). Groups provide better protection from predators.
Flashcard 18: Which option is a parent-and-offspring behavior: 'A mother teaches hunting' or 'A rock rolls downhill'?
Answer: A mother teaches hunting. Teaching skills is a parent caring behavior.
Flashcard 19: Which parent behavior means keeping babies warm?
Answer: Keeping offspring warm (providing warmth). Parents use body heat to keep babies comfortable.
Flashcard 20: What is the word for a baby animal compared to its parent?
Answer: Offspring. Young animals are called offspring in relation to their parents.
Flashcard 21: Identify the parent behavior: A deer stays near its fawn to watch for predators.
Answer: Protecting (guarding). Parents watch for danger to keep young safe.
Flashcard 22: Which parent behavior means keeping babies safe from danger?
Answer: Protecting. Parents guard their young from threats and harm.
Flashcard 23: What is the main reason parents care for their offspring?
Answer: To help offspring survive and grow. Parents ensure their young can live and develop properly.
Flashcard 24: What is the word for an animal behavior learned by watching and practicing?
Answer: Learned behavior. Animals gain new skills by observing and trying.
Flashcard 25: Which parent behavior means giving babies a safe place to live?
Answer: Providing shelter (nest, den, burrow). Parents build or find homes for their young.
Flashcard 26: What is the word for an animal that takes care of its babies?
Answer: Parent. Adults that care for their young are called parents.
Flashcard 27: Identify the parent behavior: A cat licks its kittens to clean them.
Answer: Cleaning (grooming). Licking removes dirt and keeps kittens healthy.
Flashcard 28: Identify the parent behavior: A bird sits on eggs to keep them warm.
Answer: Keeping eggs warm (incubating). Birds warm eggs with body heat for hatching.
Flashcard 29: Which option describes an instinct: 'A duckling follows its parent' or 'A child learns to ride a bike'?
Answer: A duckling follows its parent. Following is an automatic behavior from birth.
Flashcard 30: What is migration in animal behavior?
Answer: Moving from one place to another at certain times. Animals migrate to find better weather or food.