Animal Behavior Vocabulary Quiz

Aggressive Behavior

• Threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or different species

• The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli

• The learned response of an animal to a stimulus.

• Refers to an animal that is gentle in nature.

Behavior

• Threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or different species

• The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli

• The learned response of an animal to a stimulus.

• Refers to an animal that is gentle in nature.

Conditioning

• Threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or different species

• The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli

• The learned response of an animal to a stimulus.

• Refers to an animal that is gentle in nature.

Docile

• Threatening or harmful behavior toward others of the same or different species

• The actions or reactions of a person or animal in response to external or internal stimuli

• The learned response of an animal to a stimulus.

• Refers to an animal that is gentle in nature.

Dominance

• The tendency of one animal in a group to exert its social influence or presence over others in the group. Also referred to as social order or pecking order

• The study of animal behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior.

• The distance that an animal is caused to flee from an intruder.

• The tendency of an animal to take sudden flight when alarmed

Ethology

• The tendency of one animal in a group to exert its social influence or presence over others in the group. Also referred to as social order or pecking order

• The study of animal behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior.

• The distance that an animal is caused to flee from an intruder.

• The tendency of an animal to take sudden flight when alarmed

Flight Zone

• The tendency of one animal in a group to exert its social influence or presence over others in the group. Also referred to as social order or pecking order

• The study of animal behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior.

• The distance that an animal is caused to flee from an intruder.

• The tendency of an animal to take sudden flight when alarmed

Flighty

• The tendency of one animal in a group to exert its social influence or presence over others in the group. Also referred to as social order or pecking order

• The study of animal behavior of animals in their natural surroundings, focusing on instinctive or innate behavior.

• The distance that an animal is caused to flee from an intruder.

• The tendency of an animal to take sudden flight when alarmed

Flocking

• The habit of congregating in large flocks; inherent in sheep.

• A type of operant conditioning. An animal’s ability to ignore something that occurs often enough.

   

• Manipulation necessary to care for animals

• A kind of behavior common to some newly hatched birds or newborn animals that cause them to adopt the first animal, person, or object they see as their parent.

Habituation

• The habit of congregating in large flocks; inherent in sheep.

• A type of operant conditioning. An animal’s ability to ignore something that occurs often enough.

   

• Manipulation necessary to care for animals

• A kind of behavior common to some newly hatched birds or newborn animals that cause them to adopt the first animal, person, or object they see as their parent.