Animal Behaviors & Reproduction

Which would best describe the way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment?

• Instinct

• Behavior

• Conditioning

• Imprinting

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A group of animals move from one place to another to find food or to mate. What is this behavior called?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Conditioning

• Territory

Which of these is a LEARNED behavior?

• a peacock courting

• a whale migrating

• a dog sitting when told to

• a turtle hatchling crawling towards the ocean

Which of these behaviors represents an example of migration?

• a skunk sprays a foul-smelling oil when a predator comes too close to it

• a male bird sings a specific song to attract female birds of the same species

• a beaver slows down its activities and remains in its home throughout the winter

• Caribou travel hundreds of kilometers before winter starts, and then return in the spring.

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In winter, a bat stays in its cave, and its body temperature drops, its heart rate slows to a fraction of its normal rate, and it is barely breathing. What is this behavior called?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• courtship behavior

• territorial behavior

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An example of an instinct, which is a complex pattern of innate behavior, includes...

• A spider spinning a web on its first try.

• Jerking your hand away from something hot.

• Forming a social attachment to another organism

• Tying your shoes on the first try.

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A response to a stimulus that is inborn and the animal performs correctly the first time.

• behavior

• fertilization

• instinct

• pheromone

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Which strategies do animals use to communicate with each other?

• plumage(coloring)

• sound(calls)

• dancing

• smells(pheromones)

• all of the above

When two or more animals want the same resources in the same area.

• communication

• mating behaviors

• parental strategy

• competition

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The area that animals defend.

• behavior

• instinct

• territory

• foreign land