Animal Behavior

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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Which of the following is an example of COURTSHIP behavior?

• growling at foe
• barking for attention
• nursing young
• showing bright feathers

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Which animal displays migratory behavior?

• geese 
• moose
• deer
• wild hog 

A bark, snort, growl, and hoot are all examples of what type of communication 

• non-verbal communication
• verbal communication
• short distance communication
• aggressive communication 

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A bearded dragon will hunt small insects like worms and crickets to eat. What type of behavior this?

• parental care
• foraging 
• courtship
• communication

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When animal learns to ignore harmless stimuli like a scarecrow, what type of learning is this? 

• innate learning
• classical conditioning 
• habituation 
• trial and error learning 

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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Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed

• bears leaning to catch fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

Which is an example of a behavior?

• blood flowing through veins

• a dog avoiding a foul odor

• tree branch providing shade

• . a rabbit’s fur turning white

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Which behavior is genetically based and NOT linked to past experiences?

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning