Adaptive Value of Behavior

Adaptive Value of Behavior

KEY CONCEPT

Behavior lets organisms respond rapidly and adaptively to their environment

Multiple Choice

The scent of food is an example of a (an) ____ stimulus.

• innate

• internal

• external

• habitual

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A (an) ____ is an environmental change that directly influences the activity of an organism.

• stimulus

• behavior

• innate response

• fixed action pattern

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What is migration?

• complex pattern of innate behaviors.

• instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

• behavior that is learned rather than inherited.

• a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.

Multiple Select

What are three ways in which animal behavior is related to environmental cycles?

• hibernation

• migration

• courtship

• circadian rhythms

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What is stimuli?

• a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.

• a complex pattern of innate behaviors.

• it is a response in which an animal’s body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather.

• occurs when an animal forms an attachment to an organism or place within a specific time period after birth or hatching.

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A behavior that is inherited rather than acquired.

• learned
• innate
• social
• trial and error

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Hatchling ducks recognize any organism they see after they hatch as mother.  This is what type of behavior?

• imprinting
• habituation
• classic conditioning
• distraction display

Multiple Choice

A dog learns to expect food whenever a bell is rung. This is an example of what type of learning?

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

• instinct

• habituation

Multiple Choice

Which statement below best explains how group behaviors could have evolved?

• In order for group hunting to evolve, the energy costs must be lowered.

• In order for group hunting to evolve, it must have increased benefits and decreased costs to the group as a whole.

• In order for group hunting to evolve, the opportunity costs must be lowered.

• In order for group hunting to evolve, it must have increased benefits and decreased costs to the individuals in the group.

Multiple Choice

A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.

• courtship
• hibernation
• aggression
• submission

Multiple Choice

Honeybees and ants demonstrate

• asocial behavior

• eusocial behavior

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A Belding’s ground squirrel will issue an alarm to other members of its family when it detects a threat from a predator. In some cases, the squirrel will put itself in danger and sacrifice itself for the survival of its family members. This type of altruism is called

• conditioning
• kin selection
• aggression
• dominance hierarchy

Multiple Choice

The interaction between animals of the same species, generally involving some form of communication.

• innate behavior

• response

• reflex

• social behavior

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Fox squirrels live in the trees of city parks throughout Texas. Each spring they build nests of twigs and leaves in the tops of the trees. Fox squirrels are often found near park benches, waiting to be fed by visitors. For fox squirrels, which of these is a learned behavior?

• Building a nest each spring

• Taking food from people

• Having a long, bushy tail

• Having sharp claws

Multiple Choice

This type of behavior develops during an organisms lifetime. They are not born with it.

• Learned Behavior

• Innate Behavior

• Reflex

• Instinct