Glencoe Biology

Chapter 31: Animal Behavior

Standardized Test Practice-English

1
A (an) ____ is an environmental change that directly influences the activity of an organism.
A)fixed action pattern
B)stimulus
C)behavior
D)innate response
2
Behaviors that are genetically based and not linked to past experiences are called ____.
A)copied
B)innate
C)learned
D)response
3
What type of conditioning occurs when dogs associate the sound of a bell with the unrelated stimulus of food?
A)classical
B)operant
C)innate
D)fixed
4
What stimulus causes the dog to salivate in this experiment?

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A)spoken command
B)food taste
C)food smell
D)bell
5
This goose is displaying what kind of behaviors?

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A)competitive behavior and habituation
B)innate behavior and a fixed action pattern
C)habituation and learned behavior
D)learned and competitive behaviors
6
What influence(s) is (are) involved in a zebra finch's ability to sing to attract a mate?
A)environment only
B)genetics only
C)genetics and environment
D)training
7
Which of the following is an example of habituation?
A)Baby birds stop responding to falling leaves.
B)Baby birds respond to their mother every time.
C)A mouse runs away from a hawk.
D)A hawk pursues a mouse.
8
What factor is involved when a lizard moves out of the sun after getting too hot?
A)conditioned response to stimulus
B)innate response to stimulus
C)behavioral response to stimulus
D)behavioral response without stimulus
9
A (an) ____ is a grouping in which animals are naturally ranked from highest to lowest.
A)agonistic system
B)dominance hierarchy
C)foraging system
D)resource hierarchy
10
This graph shows the effect of light and dark on a squirrel's ____.

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A)pheromones
B)migratory behavior
C)circadian rhythm
D)foraging behaviors
11
How can dominance hierarchies benefit a species?
A)increase the total amount of resources
B)increase hostile behaviors among animals
C)reduce the separation of roles in social groups
D)reduce hostile behaviors among animals
12
Which of these is not associated with territorial behavior?
A)nest feeding
B)verbal signals
C)chemical signals
D)male fighting
13
Which of these is not an advantage of competitive behavior?
A)Dominance usually established without the death of an individual.
B)It assures reproduction of the weaker individual.
C)It assures reproduction of the stronger individual
D)Winner can court a female without interference.
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