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Animal Behavior

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The way an animal responds to its environment
a)
Behavior
b)
Migration
c)
Adaptation
d)
Communication
2.
Which of the following terms is another term for innate?
a)
instinct
b)
trial and error
c)
learned
d)
copying
3.
Getting used to something after being exposed to it for a long period of time is an example of which type of learned behavior?
a)
insight Learning
b)
Habituation
c)
Playing
d)
Observational Learning
4.
Animals often develop new behaviors from past experiences. Which type of learned behavior is this?
a)
Playing
b)
Habituation
c)
Operant Conditioning
d)
Insight Learning
5.
Which of the following is an example of an animal using chemical communication?  
a)
showing teeth as a sign of agression
b)
making an alarm call
c)
pheromone production
d)
social grooming
6.
Which of the following is not an innate (instinctive) behavior?
a)
Communication
b)
Mating
c)
Migration
d)
Insight learning
7.
The study of the natural history of animal behavior is
a)
etiology
b)
psychology
c)
ethology
d)
parapsychology
8.
Increased response to an increase in light intensity is called
a)
positive phototaxis
b)
kinesis
c)
negative phototaxis
d)
luminis
9.
Learning to not respond to a stimulus is called
a)
sensitization
b)
kinesis
c)
habituation
d)
taxis
10.
In _________, some individuals are more subordinate than others. 
a)
 courtship behavior
b)
  
competition
c)
a dominance hierarchy
d)
aggression