1. Animal Behavior/ Adaptations

2. Behavior- the way an organism acts with other organisms AND the environment.
Ex. Your dog sees you and wags his tail
Ex. Your dog hears a noise and barks

3. Innate Behavior- what you are born with
Types of Innate behavior
Reflex- automatic response/ no message from the brain
Ex. You jump when you a are startled
Instinct- Involves using the brain but was never taught
Ex. A bird building a nest
Ex. Spider spinning a web

4. Learned Behavior- behavior that allows animals to change to survive in different situations.
Types of Learned Behavior
Imprinting- when animals form a social attachment
The first moving object a gosling sees, is an adult goose
Trial and Error- behavior changed by experience
Conditioning- when there is a different response than what is expected
Dog hears a bell and starts to salivate –Pavlov’s Experiment
Insight- reasoning that allows animals to use past experiences to solve new problems
Child climbs on chair to reach candy.

5. Social Behavior- the way an organism interacts with their own species
Ex. Caring for young, claiming territory, protecting each other
Animals communicate with sound, scents, and actions
Pheromone- a chemical that one animal uses to influence another
Bioluminescence- the ability to give off light
Bioluminescense Movie

6. Adaptations- features organisms have to enable them to survive.
Appendages- limbs from the body
Camouflage- the ability to blend into the environment
Camouflage Clip
Mimicry- the ability to copy another specie

7. Why should organisms adapt?
Obtain Food
Protection
Locomotion