Animal Behavior and Plant Responses Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: reflex : simple innate behavior, such as yawning or blinking, that is an automatic response and does not involve a message to the brain, pheromone : powerful chemical produced by an animal to influence the behavior of another animal of the same species, insight : form of reasoning that allows animals to use past experiences to solve new problems, behavior : the way in which an organism interacts with other organisms and its environment; can be innate or learned, tropisim : positive or negative plant response to an external stimulus such as touch, light, or gravity, innate behavior : behavior that an organism is born with and does not have to be learned, such as a reflex or instinct, photo periodism : a plants response to the lengths of darkness each day, conditioning : occurs when the response to a stimulus becomes associated wit another stimulus, aggression : forceful behavior, such as fighting, used by an animal used to control or dominate another animal in order to protect their young, defend territory, or get food, social behavior : interactions among members of the same species, including courtship, long day plant : a plant that generally requires short nights--less than 10 to 12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process, instinct : complex pattern of innate behavior, such as spinning a web, that can take weeks to complete, short day plant : a plant that generally requires long nights--more than 12 hours of darkness to begin the flowering process, society : a group of animals of the same species that live and work together in an organized way, auxin : plant hormone that causes plant leaves and stems to exhibit positive response to light, cyclic behavior : innate behavior that occurs in repeated patterns, hibernation : cyclic response of inactivity and slowed metabolism that occurs during periods of cold temperatures & limited food supplies, imprinting : occurs when an animal forms a social attachment to another organism