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WorksheetsAnimal Behavior
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
A complex pattern of innate behavior.
Insight
Instinct
Estivation
Aggression
Physical space that contains the breeding area of an animal.
Territory
Hibernation
Imprinting
Language
Learning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation.
Instinct
Language
Insight or Reason
Conditioning
Behavior that is used to intimidate another animal of the same species.
Language
Fight-or-Flight response
Motivation
Aggression
Learning by association.
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Innate behavior
Both Classical and Operant Conditioning
Anything an animal does in response to a stimulus.
Behavior
Dominance hierarchy
Aggression
Conditioning
Use of symbols to represent ideas.
Communication
Conditioning
Language
Acquired behavior
State of reduced metabolism that occurs in mammals living under intense heat.
Hibernation
Imprinting
Motivation
Estivation
Exchange of information that results in a change of behavior.
Language
Communication
Insight
Instinct
Mobilizes the body for greater activity.
Fight-or-Flight response
Aggression
Language
Motivation
Inherited behavior
Language
Courtship behavior
Innate behavior
Conditioning
Form of behavior in which an animal, soon after birth, forms a social attachment to another object.
Imprinting
Conditioning
Courtship behavior
Estivation
A form of social ranking within a group, in which some individuals are more subordinate than others.
Dominance hierarchy
Aggression
Territoriality
Conditioning
Behavior that males and females of a species carry out before mating.
Aggression
Communication
Hibernation
Courtship behavior
An internal need that causes an animal to act - needed for learning to take place.
Communication
Language
Motivation
Territory
When a male sea lion patrols the area of beach where his female sea lions rest, he is displaying ...
habituation.
territorial behavior.
pecking order
circadian rhythm
When a bird sings to signal others of the same species to keep away, it is showing signs of ...
cheerfulness.
aggression.
courtship behavior.
conditioning.
Which biologist first demonstrated conditioning in dogs?
Ivan Pavlov
Dimitri Mendeleev
Bruno Huber
Gregor Mendel
Which of the following is not an example of the use of a phermone?
Wolves mark their territories by urinating at the boundaries.
Poisonous snakes wind around each other and but heads.
Hyenas give off odor that keeps different clans of hyenas apart.
The skunk releases a rotten odor when it is threatened.
What are phermones?
Cholesterol-based odors used for feeding
Protein-based odors used for communication
Protein-based odors used for feeding
Cholesterol-based odors used for communication
Owls sleep during the day and are awake at night because of their kind of ...
estivation.
habituation.
circadian rhythm.
conditioning.
For trial-and-error learning to take place, an animal receives ...
a dose of imprinting.
conditioning.
a reward for a particular response.
habituation.
Which of these is an example of imprinting?
Young ducklings follow their mother.
A bird makes a nest of grasses and twigs.
Your cat rubs against your ankles when you open a can of cat food.
A chimpanzee searches for a longer pole to reach for a distant fruit.
Animal communication can occur through ...
sounds.
touches.
smells.
all of these.
A famous pianist can play a melody after hearing someone hum a few bars, even though she has never heard the melody before. This type of behavior is called ...
insight.
conditioning.
experience.
rhythmic response.
Anything in the environment to which an organism reacts is called a(n) ...
insight.
instinct.
response.
stimulus.
All of the following are true of a reflex EXCEPT ...
the message goes to the brain first.
it is an automatic response.
the message goes to the spinal cord.
it is often a reaction to fright.
Web-spinning by a spider and mating by a stickle-back fish are examples of ...
reflexes.
instincts.
learned behaviors.
conditioning.
All of the following are examples of trial-and-error learning EXCEPT ...
birds building nests.
chickens pecking grain.
riding a bicycle.
skating.
Of the following, the study that involved imprinting was ...
John B. Watson used a loud noise to train a child to be afraid of a furry animal.
Ivan P. Pavlov trained dogs to salivate at the sound of a bell.
Konrad Lorenz discovered goslings follow the first moving object they see after they hatch.
Wolfgang Kohler observed chimpanzees piling boxes for use in reaching bananas.
Instinctive seasonal movements of animals is called ...
estivation.
hibernation.
migration.
reflex.
Members of the same species living together in an organized way is called ...
society.
civilization.
culture.
territory.
A form of reasoning that enables animals to use past experience to solve new problem.
Motivation
Conditioning
Imprinting
Insight
Innate behaviors that occur in a repeating pattern are called ...
social.
circadian.
cyclic.
courtship.
Caring for young and protecting others of the same species show ...
circadian rhythm
social behavior
conditioning.
cyclic behavior.
Animals that are active during the day are called ...
diurnal.
estimators.
migrators.
nocturnal.
All of the following are true of animals that hibernate EXCEPT ...
they migrate in cold weather.
breathing rate is reduced.
they live on body fat.
body temperature drops.
A dog's hair stands on end, its lips curl and it growls.
Cyclic behavior
Social behavior
Courtship behavior
Territorial behavior
A grouse fans its tail, fluffs its feathers, and inflates its air sacs.
Territorial behavior
Courtship behavior
Social behavior
Cyclic behavior
Each bee has a specific job to do.
Social behavior
Cyclic behavior
Courtship behavior
Territorial behavior
An owl sleeps in the daytime and feeds at night.
Courtship behavior
Social behavior
Territorial behavior
Cyclic behaivor
Birds making nests is an example of ...
a reflex - an innate response that doesn't involve the brain.
conditioning - an acquired or learned behavior.
instinct - a complex, innate response.
imprinting - an innate behavior made by a newborn.
A person sneezing is an example of ...
a reflex.
instinct.
an acquired response.
imprintng.
Jerking your hand away from a hot stove is ...
an example of conditioning.
instinctive.
a learned behavior.
a reflex.
The migration of gray whales is an example of ...
estivation.
hibernation.
instinct.
imprinting.
A beaver building a dam is an example of ...
a reflex.
imprinting.
instinct.
conditioning.
Learning to ride a skate board is an example of ...
trial-and-error.
conditioning.
imprinting.
insight.
Using a ladder to reach a tall cabinet is an example of ...
trial-and-error.
insight.
imprinting.
conditioning.
A gosling following a human is likely to be the result of ...
trial-and-error.
insight.
conditioning.
imprinting.
Calculating how much you'll earn on a job is an example of ...
insight.
imprinting.
conditioning.
trial-and-error.
