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WorksheetsAnimal Behaviour 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
What is monogamy?
the habit of having only one mate at a time.
Having multiple mates at any one time
Only having a mate when breeding
What is polygamy?
a pattern of mating in which an animal has more than one mate.
A habit where an animal will only have one mate at a time
An animal will only have a mate when needing to breed
What does solitary mean?
An animal will only have a mate when coming together to breed
An animal will have multiple mates
An animal will only have one mate for breeding
What is instantaneous sampling?
Sampling behaviours at predetermined time intervals
Continuously sampling behaviour
Only sampling the behaviour of one animal in a sample
What is focal sampling?
Sampling the behaviours of only one animal in a group
Sampling behaviours at predetermined time intervals
Continuously sampling behaviours
What is Polygyny?
Social grouping where there are more FEMALES than MALES
Social grouping where there are more MALES than FEMALES
Social grouping of just one male and one female
What is Polyandry?
Social grouping where there are more MALES than FEMALES
Social grouping where there are more FEMALES than MALES
Social grouping where there is one female and one male
What is redirected aggression?
re-direct aggression towards an alternative target
repetative behaviour with no purpose
a behaviour caused without stimuli
What is stereotypical behaviour?
A repeated invarient behaviour with no obvious goal or function
A behaviour caused by no obvious stimuli
Normal behaviours but not carried out in the correct context or sequence
What is a fixed action pattern?
Instinctive behavioral sequence that is relatively invariant within the species and almost inevitably runs to completion
A behaviour that is learned
A flexible, innate behaviour that can be altered and adapted as the animal grows
