Behaviors of Animals in Ecosystem

What is the definition of behavior

• animal's response to a stimulus

• animal's type of communication

• animal's care of offspring

• animal's main characterisitics

Which of the following is an example of COURTSHIP behavior?

• growling at foe

• barking for attention

• nursing young

• showing bright feathers

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Which animal displays migratory behavior?

• geese

• moose

• deer

• wild hog

When animal learns to ignore harmless stimuli like a scarecrow, what type of learning is this?

• innate learning

• classical conditioning

• habituation

• trial and error learning

Which is an example of innate behavior?

• pond ducks flocking to be fed

• bears leaning to catch fish

• human babies speaking words

• birds chirping when hatched

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

• innate behavior

• habituation

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

Studies show what 2 factors influence an animal’s behavior?

• food & space

• genetics & experience

• experience & food

• genetics & food

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

• Genetic

• Hunting

• Innate

• Learned

Which is an example of a learned characteristic?

• Color of a dog's fur

• A mouse successfully running a maze

• Color-blindness

• Blinking your eyes several times a minute

All of the following are learned EXCEPT:

• reading a book

• sneezing

• using a knife and fork

• avoid poison ivy