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Behavior Adaptations

Learn about the instincts and learned behaviors that help animals meet their needs. Explore migration, hibernation, and examples of both instincts and learned behaviors. Understand how animals adapt to changes in their environment.

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Behavior Adaptations

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  1. Behavior Adaptations By Ms. Angel

  2. Essential Questions and Objectives • What are some instincts that help animals meet their needs? • What are learned behaviors? • Be able to give examples instincts that help animals meet their needs. • Be able to explain learned behaviors and give examples.

  3. Vocabulary • Instinct- a behavior that an animal begins life with. • Migration- a movement of a group of one type of animal from one region to another and back again. • Hibernation- a period when an animal goes into a long, deep “sleep”.

  4. Instincts • A behavior adaptation that animals are born with. • Un-learned • Ex. Dogs swimming, hibernation, migration

  5. Migration • Migration is when animals travel long distances to meet their needs. • Many animals, such as ducks and butterflies travel south for the winter to find food and warmer climate. • Ex. Atlantic Green Turtle, Pacific Salmon, Geese, Monarch Butterflies.

  6. Migration Cont’d. • Female Atlantic Green Sea Turtles migrate to lay their eggs. • They bury the eggs in the sand on the beach and after hatching, the young turtles swim toward Brazil. • FEMALE TURTLES DO NOT LEARN FROM OTHER TURTLES WHERE TO GO. IT IS AN INSTINCT!!!

  7. Migration Cont’d. • Monarch Butterflies migrate south in the fall and North in the spring and summer based on their instincts.

  8. Migration Cont’d. • Many birds migrate to environments where there is food and climate to meet their needs. • Ex. Snow Geese

  9. Hibernation • Not all animals have the instinct to migrate as colder weather sets in and they are less capable of meeting their needs. • Instead, some adapt to these changes by hibernating. • Hibernation is a period when an animal goes into a long, deep “sleep”.

  10. Hibernation, Cont’d. • During hibernation, the animal’s body temperature, heart rate, and breathing rate fall. • As a result, the animal needs little or no food and the energy it does need comes from stored fat in its body. • Ex. Ground squirrels, bats

  11. Hibernation, Cont’d. • Ground squirrels prepare to hibernate by eating extra food and building a nest. • When a ground squirrel hibernates, its body temperature drops and its heart rate falls.

  12. Learned Behaviors • Not all animal behaviors are instincts. Some are learned. • Did you know how to tie your shoes when you were born?

  13. Learned Behaviors Cont’d. • Ex. Tiger cubs learn to hunt from their parents.

  14. Learned Behaviors Cont’d. • Chimpanzees use sound to communicate and young chips learn how to communicate from their parents.

  15. What did you learn? • How is an instinct different from a learned behavior? Give an example of each. • What is migration? How does migration help an animal meet its needs? Give an example. • What is hibernation? How does hibernation help an animal meet its needs? Give an example. • Suppose a dog barks when a stranger comes close to its home. Suppose it also barks when asked to speak. Which behavior is probably learned? Which is instinct? Explain your answers.

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