Animal Behavior

What is a seasonal movement of an animal to another location to find food called? 

• camouflage
• migration
• grouping
• mimicry

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What do we call a behavior that is gained from direct observations? 

• inherited or innate behaviors
• learned behaviors
• imprinting

What is it called when a newborn animal recognizes and follows the first moving object it sees? 

• shivering
• inherited or innate behaviors
• instincts
•  imprinting

What do we call a trial and error learning when a behavior has a good or bad result? 

• imprinting
• learned behaviors
• instincts
• conditioning

These are complex inherited behaviors, like birds building a special kind of nest:

• inherited or innate behaviors
• imprinting
• learned behaviors
• instincts

This occurs when body activity is greatly reduced in order to conserve food stored n the body:

• sleep
• hibernation
• mimicry
• grouping

Behaviors that are passed on from parents to offspring without teaching or training are called what? 

• inherited or innate behaviors
• learned behaviors
• instincts
• imprinted behaviors

What do we call it when an animals coloring allows it to blend in with its surroundings?

• blending
• camouflage
• migration
• hibernation

Which of the following involves trial and error learning?

• habituation
• classical conditioning
• operant conditioning
• sensitization

Learning not to respond to stimulus is called

• imprinting
• sensitization
• habituation
• kinesis