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AL BIO 1989 Alex Lam Paper I Section A 1. Dormancy describes the state of an organism (either as adults or sometimes during their life cycle) in which growth and development cases, 1 and the metabolic rate may fail to the point that it is only just sufficient to keep the cel ls alive. 1 Dormancy enables an organism to withstand unfavorable conditions (e.g. drought, food shortage and winter cold) because in this way, the organism can survive for a long period of time without exhausting its food reserve. 1 It also allows time for dispersal by natural agents, whilst at the same time allowing any internal changes to take place. 1 (4) 2. Instinctive behaviors are complex, inborn, stereotyped behaviour patterns of immediate adaptive survival value to the organism and are produced in response to changes in the environment. (They are unique to each species and are handed down from generation to generation and have important survival significance.) 1 One suitable example e.g. pain withdrawal reflex. Learned behaviours are thos e adaptive changes in an individual ’behaviors as a result of previ