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Animal Behaviour Review 3

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do wildebeests form large groups when they migrate?
a)
defense against predators
b)
building homes
c)
exercise
d)
hibernation
2.
What is this meerkat doing?
a)
looking for food
b)
watching for predators
c)
using the bathroom
d)
being punished
3.
Why do fish swim in schools?
a)
to learn
b)
for fun
c)
to conserve energy
d)
for protection
4.

What type of behavior is inherited rather than learned?

a)

Instinct

b)

Innate behavior

c)

Imprinting

d)

Society

5.

What is the best definition of hibernation?

a)

Is the way an organism reacts to other organism.

b)

a behavior is modified so that a response to one stimulus becomes associated with different stimulus

c)

a response in which an animal's body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather.

d)

The instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

6.

What is the chemical that is produced by one animal and influences the behavior of another animal of the same species?

a)

Instinct

b)

Aggression

c)

Pheromone

d)

Submission

7.

What is a group of animals called, when they are the same species living and working together in an organized way?

a)

Society

b)

Territory

c)

Race

d)

Congress

8.

What are some of the ways animals communicate with other animals?

a)

Sound

b)

Light

c)

Body language

d)

All of the above

9.

Which is an example of innate behavior?

a)

pond ducks flocking to be fed

b)

bears leaning to catch fish

c)

human babies speaking words

d)

birds chirping when hatched

10.

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

a)

food & space

b)

genetics & experience

c)

experience & food

d)

genetics & food

11.

A spider making a web is an example of a .........

a)

stimulus

b)

genetic behavior

c)

fixed action patern

d)

learned behavior

12.

This type of innate behavior occurs when an animal carries out a specific set of actions, in sequence, in response to a stimulus.

a)

imprinting

b)

fixed action pattern

c)

habituation

d)

classical conditioning