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Biology Animal Behavior Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What person studied Chimps?

a)

Dian Fossey

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Conrad Lorenz

d)

Ivan Pavlov

2.

What person studied Gorilla's?

a)

Dian Fossey

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Conrad Lorenz

d)

Ivan Pavlov

3.

What person coined the term "imprinting" ?

a)

Dian Fossey

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Conrad Lorenz

d)

Ivan Pavlov

4.

What person studied classical conditioning with dogs ?

a)

Dian Fossey

b)

Jane Goodall

c)

Conrad Lorenz

d)

Ivan Pavlov

5.

The study of animal behavior is called this.

a)

ethology

b)

biology

c)

taxonomy

d)

ornithology

6.

Behavior that's a result of experience.

a)

innate behavior

b)

learned behavior

c)

response

d)

stimulus

7.

Behavior you are born with.

a)

innate behavior

b)

learned behavior

c)

stimulus

d)

response

8.

Monogamous means:

a)

one mate for life

b)

many mates

9.

Polgamy means:

a)

one male to many females - impala

b)

one female to many males - frogs

10.

All the following are types of strategies for protection except:

a)

camoflage

b)

mimicry

c)

building nests

d)

warning signals

11.

What are wapiti?

a)

white-tailed deer

b)

moose

c)

elk

d)

buffalo

12.

The sampling method used in watching the behaviors of snow monkeys.

a)

Sampling all occurrences of some behaviors

b)

Sequence Sampling

c)

Focal Sampling

13.

What are "Japanese Macques"?

a)

musk oxen

b)

wapati

c)

snow monkeys

14.

The sampling method of watching the behaviors of elk:

a)

Focal Sampling

b)

Sampling all occurrences of some behaviors

c)

Sequence sampling

15.

The sampling method of watching the behaviors of musk oxen:

a)

Focal Sampling

b)

Sampling all occurrences of some behaviors

c)

Sequence sampling

16.

When an ethologist first studies an animal, they first have to watch for months in determining particular behaviors- from this they can develop a what?

a)

ethogram

b)

telogram

c)

histogram

d)

monogram

17.

Which animal on the zoo tapes did the bugling?

a)

elk

b)

musk ox

c)

snow monkeys

18.

What behavior did we look for at the zoo that may indicate a "stressed" animal?

a)

pacing

b)

sleeping

c)

playing

d)

hiding

19.

When an animal fixates onto the first person/object it sees at birth and follows - this is called?

a)

imprinting

b)

conditioned response

c)

pacing

d)

innate behavior

20.

Which animal on the zoo tapes did contact play?

a)

snow monkeys

b)

musk ox

c)

elk

21.

Which animals on the zoo tape did "head butting"?

a)

snow monkeys

b)

musk ox

c)

elk

22.

In what country did "Fly Away Home" start?

a)

Australia

b)

New Zealand

c)

United States

d)

Canada

23.

What animal was profiled in "Fly Away Home"?

a)

musk ox

b)

geese

c)

snow monkeys

d)

swans

24.

What behavior did the geese in "Fly Away Home" exhibit?

a)

imprinting

b)

learned

c)

conditioned

25.

In what country did the "dad" live in "Fly Away Home"?

a)

New Zealand

b)

Canada

c)

United States

d)

Australia

26.

How do prey affect predators?

a)

as prey increase, predator population goes down

b)

as prey increase, predator population goes up

27.

What is going to happen in Isle Royale soon?

a)

more moose will be introduced

b)

more wolves will be introduced

c)

trees will be taken down

28.

What two animals are part of a famous study on Isle Royale?

a)

moose and wolves

b)

wolves and squirrels

c)

moose and coyotes

d)

coyotes and skunks

29.

At the MN zoo we saw a young moose that was orphaned. How did it get orphaned?

a)

The MN DNR used GPS collars ont them - which caused mother moose to abandon their young.

b)

Many were left alone during the hunting season.

c)

A disease killed off their mothers.

30.

All of the following woul be a predator/prey behavior except?

a)

escaping

b)

warning

c)

protective armor

d)

Tool using

31.

Jane Goodall was one of the first ethologists to observe that animals can do what?

a)

use tools

b)

walk on two legs

c)

interact with humans

32.

All the following are ways that animals communicate except?

a)

sight

b)

smell

c)

touch

d)

ethogram

33.

All the following are types of ethograms except?

a)

Focal Sampling

b)

Sequence Sampling

c)

Sampling all occurences of some behaviors

d)

Routine behaviors

34.

What was the tool the chimps used, observed by Jane Goodall?

a)

a stick

b)

a rock

c)

a gas can

d)

a hammer

35.

What was unusual about Jane Goodalls route to obtaining her Doctorate?

a)

She did not have a bachelor's degree

b)

She did not attend classes

c)

She was over 70

36.

What scientist developed a "box" with a rewards/punishments for rats?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Conrad Lorenz

c)

Jane Goodall

37.

What Scientist developed a mouse eutopia that crashed?

a)

John Calhoun

b)

Konrad Lorenz

c)

B.F. Skinner

38.

All the following are parts of Complete Metamorphosis except:

a)

egg

b)

nymph

c)

larva

d)

adult

39.

All the following are parts to Incomplete Metamorphosis except:

a)

egg

b)

nymph

c)

pupa

d)

adult

40.

Applying "human traits" to animals is termed:

a)

anthropormophism

b)

imprinting

c)

operent conditioning

41.

Diurnal means:

a)

active in the daytime

b)

active at night

42.

What is nocturnal?

a)

active in daytime

b)

active at nighttime