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Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
During the heat of the day in the desert, many lizards burrow underground to keep cooler. This is an example of a                         .
  1. habituation
  2. structural adaptation
  3. behavioral adaptation
  4. physiological adaptation
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Body parts or actions that help an animal to meet its own needs are called
  1. tissues.
  2. adaptations.
  3. cells.
  4. organelles.
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
A behavior in which an animal learns to stop responding to a particular stimulus over time is called                       .
  1. habituation
  2. imprinting
  3. operant conditioning
  4. classical conditioning
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Many flowers open in the morning when the sun comes up. This reaction is called                      .
  1. gravitropism
  2. phototropism
  3. touch response
  4. circadian rhythm
  5. positive gravitropism
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
The way an organism reacts to stimuli in its environment is called                .
  1. behavior
  2. conditioning
  3. imprinting
  4. learning
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Some poisonous organisms are brightly colored, a trait that warns others not to eat them. Which theme does this coloring best represent?
  1. adaptation
  2. regulation
  3. biology and society
  4. cellular basis of life
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Adaptations can include all of the following EXCEPT?
  1. body parts/structures
  2. colors
  3. physiological functions
  4. intelligence
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
You sleep at night and attend school during the day. This routine is due to                  .
  1. learning
  2. imprinting
  3. kin selection
  4. circadian rhythms
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
An animal applying something it has already learned to a new situation without a period of trial and error is                       .
  1. insight learning
  2. conditioned learning
  3. operant conditioning
  4. classical conditioning
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
A decrease in response to a stimulus that neither rewards nor harms an animal is called                       .
  1. instinct
  2. habituation
  3. operant conditioning
  4. classical conditioning
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Which characteristic can be used to determine if an organism is living?
  1. size of the organism
  2. ability to breathe oxygen
  3. ability to respond to environmental changes
  4. ability to move at various speeds
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Insight learning is common among                  .
  1. dogs
  2. primates
  3. birds only
  4. birds and insects
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
Fish evolved gills, which help them survive in water. This inherited trait that allows for survival is a(n)
  1. adaptation.
  2. reproduction.
  3. homeostasis.
  4. response to stimuli.
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
What are changes to an organism's environment called?
  1. responses
  2. reactions
  3. stimuli
  4. energy
Grade 9 Adaptations and Behavior
What do living things interact with to aid their survival?
  1. nothing
  2. each other
  3. nonliving things
  4. the environment
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