1

Animal Adaptations: Behaviors A 56-61

V. Martinez

2

Hibernation

A period of deep, long sleep

3

What is instinct?

Instinct is a behavior that animals are born with.

4

What is migration?

Migration is the movement of a group of animals to one region and back again.

5

What is a behavior that an animal does not have to learn?

Instinct

6

Animal behaviors can be two types.

Learned behaviors or instincts

Learned Instinct

7

What happens to an animal’s body temperature, breathing, and hear rate during hibernation?

They decrease or slow down.

8

What causes the monarch butterfly to fly south for the winter?

Instinct

9

Three examples of animals that hibernate

Bears Bats Squirrels

10

Animals that migrate

Gray whales birds salmon

11

When turtle eggs hatch, why do the baby turtles head to the water?

Instinct

12

Why do birds migrate to certain environments?

There is food and good climate.

13

The instinct to travel to the same location every year is called

migration

14

What does an animal do before it hibernates?

It finds shelter and eats extra food.

15

Why do animals migrate?

They migrate so they can meet their needs and survive.