ANIMAL BEHAVIOR

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

• stimulus

• behavior

• innate response

• fixed action pattern

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

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

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

• Genetic

• Hunting

• Innate

• Learned

The viceroy butterfly looks almost identical to the toxic Monarch butterfly, protecting it from predators. What is this called?

• hibernation

• migration

• camouflage

• mimicry

This arctic hare is difficult to see against the snowy backdrop, which protects it from predators. What is this called?

• hibernation

• migration

• courtship behavior

• camouflage

Which of the following is NOT an innate behavior?

• a baby sucking

• a spider spinning a web

• a child playing the piano

• a bird building a nest

What is the hibernation-like process in which animals such as snakes become less active during hot temperatures?

• migration.

• hibernation.

• estivation.

• homeostasis.

What is the fight or flight response behavior?

• people fighting in response to emergency situations

• people flying in response to emergency situations

• When an animal senses a danger, its body prepares to either fight or run away from the threat.

• When animals move from one place to another to fight other animals.

What is migration?

• complex pattern of innate behaviors.

• instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

• behavior that is learned rather than inherited.

• a change in an organism’s environment that causes a response.

What is a response in which an animal’s body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather?

• migration.

• hibernation.

• innate behavior.

• instinct.