Animal Behavior & Interactions

Innate behavior allows animals to respond to a stimulus without choosing the proper response.

• True

• False

Which is a definition of behavior?

• animal's response to a stimulus

• animal's type of communication

• animal's care of offspring

• animal's main characteristics

Which of the following is NOT an example of a stimulus?

• Sight

• Sound

• Smell

• Foraging

An internal stimulus happens ___ the body

• outside

• inside

• behind

• under

Which of the following is an example of COURTSHIP behavior?

• growling at foe

• barking for attention

• nursing young

• showing bright feathers

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

• non-verbal communication

• verbal communication

• short distance communication

• aggressive communication

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

A(n) ____ is an environmental change that directly influences the activity of an organism.

• stimulus

• behavior

• innate response

• fixed action pattern

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

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__ behaviors result from an interaction between innate behaviors & past experiences.

• Genetic

• Hunting

• Innate

• Learned