Ch 13 The Behavior of Organism Vocabulary

The way an organism acts

• Instinct

• Courtship Behavior

• Behavior

Anything to which an organism reacts

• stimulus

• behavior

• reflex

A behavior that is present at birth

• courtship behavior

• territorial behavior

• innate behavior

An automatic response (blinking/sneezing)

• stimulus

• reflex

• instinct

A pattern of innate behavior

• courtship behavior

• territorial behavior

• instinct

Behavior that helps attract a mate

• Courtship behavior

• Territorial behavior

• Learned behavior

Behavior that claims and defends an area

• Territorial behavior

• Learned behavior

• Innate behavior

The response of a plant to light

• Gravitropism

• Phototropism

• photography

The response of a plant to gravity

• phototropism

• gravitropism

• behavior

Behavior that results from experiences

• Innate

• Courtship

• Learned