Animal Group Behavior

The study of animal behavior in a natural environment.

• Ethology
• Biology
• Zoology
• Entomology

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

• migration
• estivation
• reproduction
• social grooming

Ostriches and gazelles feed next to each other.  They both watch for predators and alert each other to danger.  Because their visual abilities are different, they can identify threats that the other animal would not see as readily.

• Commensalism
• Competition
• Parasitism
• Cooperation

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A kind of behavior common to some newly hatched birds or newly born animals that causes them to adopt the first person, animal, or object they see as their parent

• imprinting
• colony
• scout bees
• stallion

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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

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Which is not a benefit to living in a social group?

• improved foraging

• reduced risk of predators

• more help in rearing young

• increased visibility

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What is the definition of behavior

• animal's response to a stimulus
• animal's type of communication
• animal's care of offspring
• animal's main characterisitics

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What behavior is this an example of?

• Courtship Behavior

• Cooperative Behavior

• Society

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What is the MAIN reason animals engage in play behavior?

• to socialize
• to strengthen family bonds
• to learn about each other
• to learn skills like hunting

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

• innate

• external

• internal

• habitual

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