Biology: The Dynamics of Life, California Edition

Chapter 33: Animal Behavior

Animal Behavior

1.
__________ is a learned behavior that happens to ducklings in the first few days of their lives.
A)Habituation
B)Language
C)Motivation
D)Imprinting
2.
An inherited behavior such as a fixed-action pattern is said to be __________.
A)learned
B)territorial
C)imprinted
D)innate
3.
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This image illustrates an instinctive behavior pattern among a group of chickens. What behavior does this demonstrate?
A)a territory
B)a pecking order
C)a circadian rhythm
D)a fixed-action pattern
4.
Ivan Pavlov's experiments with dogs in the early 1900s studied __________.
A)language
B)dominance hierarchy
C)classical conditioning
D)estivation
5.
Which of these statements is NOT true?
A)A specific animal behavior is never the result of natural selection.
B)They way an animal responds to a stimulus is governed by its genetic makeup.
C)An animal's behavior can change as the amount of sunlight in a day gets longer.
D)Behavior patterns that allow animals to survive and reproduce have adaptive value.
6.
__________ is a state an animal enters when its metabolism is diminished in response to hot environmental conditions.
A)Fight-or-flight response
B)Migration
C)Estivation
D)Dominance hierarchy
7.
A woman wakes up at 6:45 A.M. every day and goes to sleep at 9:30 P.M. every night. Her body follows __________.
A)a dominance hierarchy
B)estivation
C)a circadian rhythm
D)aggressive behavior
8.
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This chart shows the body mass of golden-mantled ground squirrels measured during an experiment to understand how these animals react during hibernation. On which of these days does the data support that the animals were most likely hibernating?
A)day 45
B)day 280
C)day 690
D)day 405
9.
__________ are chemicals that allow members of the same species to communicate.
A)Instincts
B)Reflexes
C)Rewards
D)Pheromones
10.
When a female hanging fly follows her instinct to mate with a male hanging fly that provides the largest object, the two animals exhibit __________.
A)migration
B)fight-or-flight response
C)courtship behavior
D)aggressive behavior
11.
A dog initially refuses to walk across a wooden bridge. The dog's owner teaches the dog to walk across the bridge after practicing this behavior multiple times without giving the dog a treat or a punishment. What type of learning is this an example of?
A)imprinting
B)classical conditioning
C)habituation
D)trial-and-error
12.
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The bar graph shows data related to the recognition of sheep faces by other sheep. According to the data, during which time frame was face recognition the highest?
A)days 601-800
B)days 401-600
C)days 75-200
D)days 201-400
13.
Which of these is NOT an example of innate behavior?
A)automatic responses
B)instincts
C)migration
D)fixed-action patterns
14.
A bird is given seeds by its handler after it imitates human sounds. The trainer uses __________ to increase the likelihood that the bird will learn the behavior.
A)natural selection
B)automatic response
C)courtship
D)motivation
15.
A person is watching a baseball game while sitting behind a fence near home plate. A ball flies off the bat toward the person, who reacts by quickly ducking. The person's behavior is an example of __________.
A)a territory
B)hibernation
C)a reflex
D)migration
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