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Animal Behavior Unit 7
Animal Behavior Unit 7
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Types of Animal Behaviors Animal welfare & animal rights
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Which of the following is a stimulus?
smelling cookies baking
screaming when someone scares you
shivering when you are cold
running away
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What type of communication are bird songs?
Auditory Communication
None of the above.
Tactile Communication
Visual Communication
3
Behavior that is acquired after birth.
instinct
natural
indiscriminate
learned
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Some Lizards use bright colors to communicate?
True
False
5
Which of the following is a stimulus?
Touching a hot stove
Pulling your hand away from a hot stove
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Study of how animals behave in their natural habitat
biology
ecology
zoology
ethology
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Communication can be verbal, written, or by using body language
True
False
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Female elephants are social animals that form herds that are led by an older female. This female is called a(n) _____.
Elder
Matriarch
Leader
Patriarch
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Animals learn by associating certain responses with certain stimuli.
instinctive
conditioning
communication
imprinting
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Which of the following is responsible for regulating the circadian rhythm?
amount of time spent in REM sleep
exposure to light
amount of time spent asleep
amount of time spent awake
11
Which characteristic shows a change due to stimulus in the environment?
A zebra's stripes have a different pattern than its parents.
A turtle pulls its head into its shell.
a founder has two eyes on one side of its head
A pea plant grows white flowers.
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Term refers to chemical substances that attract the opposite sex.
hormones
libido
pheromones
perfume
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The auditory nerve carries signals from the __________ to the brain.
tastebuds
ears
eyes
toes
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Chemical signals that can be used in the process of communication are
none of these
spraying urine and pheromones
barking and spraying urine
barking and pheromones
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What is true hibernation?
A sleepy or sluggish state
Torpidity
A long nap
Metabolism and temperature slows all the way down
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Process of becoming used to loud noises, like living by a train track
conditioning
habituation
imprinting
reinforcement
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Why do bears not have a "true hibernation"?
They wake up too quickly
They do not sleep enough
They sleep for too long
They wake up too slowly
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Innate or Learned
Learned
Innate
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territorial behavior
a patter of innate behavior
behavior that claims and defends on area
behavior that help attract a mate
an automatic response
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a reflex-like response can be stimulated by a stimulus
habituation learning
sensitive period
imprint learning
classical conditioning
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Bird nesting. Innate or Learned?
Learned
Innate
22
Define "migratory behavior".
ability to solve a problem not previously encountered
none of these.
move to a more suitable environment as seasons change
learning that occurs during a specific period early in life
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Order of social dominance within each group of animals
king of the mountain
Darwinism
hierarchy
preference
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Benefits of migratory behavior
loss of weight
energy lost, time, death
Reproduction, survival, food sources
causes hibernation
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visual signals
innate behavior that follows a pattern
series of sounds
seen by other organisms
not a way of communicating
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What is social behavior?
Interactions between members of the same species
The way a certain type of species acts around its own kind
Interactions between members of different species
The way a certain type of species act around other species
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The dependent variable is the.....
Is known before the experiment
Changed by the scientist
Stays the same
Results
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Cooperation creates social cohesion and integration between groups.
True
False
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define dominance hierarchy
when a group is divided into foragers and non-foragers
when a group is divided into superior and subordinate ranks
when a group is divided based on their labor roles
when a group is divided based on gender roles
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Manner in which animals interact with each other
ingestive behavior
reproductive behavior
animal communication
social behavior
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What is the independent variable
The outcome
The variable being tested and changed
When you hold something constant
The variable measured
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Insight learning involves
Thinking and reasoning
Habituation
Watching others do it first
Trying until you succeed
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Innate or Learned
Learned
Innate
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Genetics are responsible for
innate behavior
no behavior is controlled by genes
learned behavior
exploratory behavior
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Ability to pass information
conditioning
communication
intelligence
instinct
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Behavior that is set in an animal at birth and is a result of genetics.
intuition
innate
intelligence
inference
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Birds flying south for the winter is
learned behavior
animal welfare
innate behavior
flight zone
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self-care or grooming behavior taught from mother to child
learned behavior
innate behavior
maternal behavior
alltruistic behavior
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Communication involving pheromones.
Auditory Learning
Visual Communication
Chemical Communication
Tactile Communication
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Which season do some animals go into hibernation?
Winter
Fall
Summer
Spring
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What type of learning involves associating a stimulus with a response?
insight learning
observational learning
operant conditioning
abstract learning
