Animal Reproductive Behaviors

The genetic material from two different cells - sperm and eggs- combine, producing an offspring

• Asexual Reproduction

• Gestation

• Sexual reproduction

• Metamorphosis

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Number of offspring produced is.....

• set of display behaviors in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire to copulate

• number of young born of a living organism

• gametes are the cells used during sexual reproduction to produce a new individual organism or zygote

• all the ways animals interact with other organisms and the physical environment

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What is courtship behaviour?

• all the ways animals interact with other organisms and the physical environment

• the way an animal looks in breeding season

• a set of display behaviors in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire or copulate

• auditory (sound) signal used by animals to attract a mate

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Do different species have different adaptations?

• Yes

• No

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What does it mean for an animal to adapt?

• when an organism changes to suit its environment

• when an organism dies due to a change in its habitat

• when an organism has a disease and dies

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Why is reproduction essential to life? Choose two.

• So a species will not go extinct

• So species will go extinct

• for an organism to maintain a balance in population size

• So we can eliminate certain species

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Which parenting behavior does NOT increase the probability that offspring will survive?

• producing milk to feed offspring

• protecting the offspring from predators

• keeping the offspring warm in cold environments

• abandoning young before the eggs are hatched

Which of these is a courting behavior that can increase a male's probability of reproductive success?

• a male spider performing a little dance in front of the female

• a male bird showing off its feathers to a female bird

• a male beetle winning the ideal territory for the female beetle

• All of these are true

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The male midwife toad will carry the egg that he fertilized on his back until they hatch. What type of reproduction is this?

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

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Female mud snails are born with genetically identical embryos inside of them. They can also mate with a male to produce young snails from fertilized eggs. Is this an example of:

• asexual reproduction

• sexual reproduction

• both asexual and sexual reproduction

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