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Moseying: Outdoor Recreation Activities

Questions related to "A kangaroo rat meets a family that camps and rides ATVs in the sanddunes"

This is part of the Sanddunes Habitat resource library. The essay to which these questions relate is found here.

  1. What do kangaroo rats do when they are curious?

  2. Is that an instinctual behavior or a learned behavior?

  3. How do kangaroo rats carry their food?

  4. Is that a physical or behavioral adaptation?

  5. Is getting used to humans a learned or instinctual behavior for kangaroo rats?

  6. Is storing food a learned or instinctual behavior for a kangaroo rat?

  7. How do kangaroo rats move around?

  8. Is the method of moving around a learned or instinctual behavior?

  9. Is the method a physical adaptation to the environment?

  10. Can a kangaroo rat change direction while in mid-air?

  11. If they can change direction, would it be a learned or instinctual behavior?

  12. It did not eat the bread because kangaroo rats only eat seeds – is that a physical or behavioral adaptation?
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