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.

A rabbit is running away from a fox. What is the stimulus for this behavior?

• avoiding a predator
• food
• migration
• estivation

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

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

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Altruistic behavior...

• reduces individual's fitness by signaling the alertness of the prey

• behavior that reduces an individual's fitness while increasing that of other organisms

• increase individual fitness by scaring off the predator

• Increase individual fitness attracting other competing predators

males of many bird species display brightly-colored feathers or other body parts in an attempt to attract.........

• food

• predators

• mates

• whales

What are parenting behaviors used for?

• there offspring's survival

• them

• new hair

• none of these

Do some animals sacrifice their life for their offspring?

• No

• Yes

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

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A behavior that is developed by observing others or by being taught is a 

• learned behavior 
• inherited trait
• adaptation 
• function

Which best explains why a child may look like his father, but is not able to play basketball as well as him?

• Physical characteristics are inherited, but the ability to shoot a basketball is not.
• The ability to shoot a basketball is inherited, but physical characteristics are not.
• The child chooses to look like his father, but he does not choose to play basketball.
• He hates playing basketball so he doesn't care if his dad can play.