AP Biology Animal Behavior

Why is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?

• It learns how to spin the web from its mother.
• It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.  
• It is born knowing how to spin a web.
• It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.

Which type of behavior is most likely to occur due to a seasonal change stimulus?

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

An octopus can change its color to match its surroundings. This is an example of which type of behavior?

• camouflage
• mimicry
• cooperative behavior
• estivation

A pine snake moves it tail quickly in pine needles so it sounds like a rattle snake. This is an example of which type of behavior?

• camouflage
• mimicry
• estivation
• migration

Wolves hunt in packs. Therefore, they rely on which type of behavior to find food?

• mimicry
• camouflage
• predation defense
• cooperative behavior

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Which of the following is an example of an animal using chemical communication?  

• pheromone production
• social grooming
• making an alarm call
• showing teeth as a sign of agression

Getting use to something after being exposed to it for a long period of time is an example of which type of learned behavior?

• insight learning

• playing

• habituation

• observational learning

A frog lives in a pond in the northern portion of the United States.   Why does the frog bury itself in the mud at the bottom of the pond during the winter months? 

• to migrate to warmer waters
• to mimic a larger animal
• to camouflage itself from predators
• to hibernate during cold weather

One example of a reflex is...

• Blinking when something gets right in your face
• A spider spinning a web
• A sea turtle returning to where it was hatched to mate

What is an example of conditioning?

• Pavlov trained dogs to salivate at the sound of the bell

• spinning a web to catch prey

• sneezing

• Lorenz allowed newly hatched goslings to imprint on him

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