Study Jams: Plant Adaptations and Animal Adaptations

Inherited Traits:

Physical: include physical characteristics passed down in DNA from parents to offspring

-height

-eye color

-leaf’s shape

-shape of bird beak

-fur color of a dog

Instincts: include instinctive behaviors that animals are born knowing how to do

-bear’s hibernation

-whale’s migration

-spider spinning a web

-bird building a nest

-owl hunting at night

Learned Behaviors: not inherited. Animals can be taught behaviors or learn behaviors from their environment.

-lion cub sneaks up on prey

-a student can speak two languages

-after getting pricked by a cactus, a dog learns to avoid it

-sea otters use stones to crack open shells that contain prey