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Animal Behavior

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This observes natural processes (communication, mating, self defense)

a)

Homeostasis

b)

Ethology

c)

Morphology

d)

Genetics

2.

Homeostasis

a)

Supports survival of the cells inside an organism

b)

Supports using past experiences to make decisions regarding current actions

c)

Is a group of organisms living together

3.

Why does a cat curl into a ball and cover its nose when its cold?

a)

Instinct

b)

Genetics

c)

Body Homeostasis

d)

Ethology

4.

What is genetics?

a)

Study of strictly skin color

b)

Study of strictly brain function

c)

Study of communication

d)

Study of heredity and variation

5.

What are the building blocks of protien?

a)

Amino Acids

b)

Carbohydrates

c)

Chemoreceptors

d)

Pheromones

6.

What is the female sex cell?

a)

Sperm

b)

Ova

c)

Prokaryotic

d)

Archaea

7.

What is the study of the animal mind and its function?

a)

Physiology

b)

Sociobiology

c)

Psychology

d)

Genetics

8.

Characteristics of a living organisms functions and activities are:

a)

Physiological

b)

Sociobiological

c)

Psychological

d)

Genetical

9.
a)

Visual Communication

b)

Vocal Communiation

10.

Epideictic, Alarm, Territorial, Aggregation, Sex

a)

Hormones

b)

Pheromones

c)

Behaviors

d)

Enviromental

11.

Spacing Pheromones are AKA:

a)

Alarm

b)

Epideictic

c)

Territorial

d)

Aggregation

12.

Estrus is

a)

a hormone

b)

a pheromone

c)

when animals are pregnant

d)

when females are sexually receptive

13.

Epinephrine, Estrogen, Testosterone, Norepinephrine

a)

Pheromones

b)

Behaviors

c)

Habituations

d)

Hormones

14.

The Menstrual Cycle is known as the regular and natural change in a females body to prevent pregnancy.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Parasites are harmful organism which live

a)

in/on another organism

b)

only externally to organism

c)

only internally to organism

16.

This hormone excreted from a mare will attract a stallion from over a mile away.

a)

Testosterone

b)

Epinephrine

c)

Estrus

d)

Estrogen

17.

Spiny lobsters come together for protection because of this pheromone.

a)

Aggregation

b)

Sex

c)

Territorial

d)

Alarm

18.

IN RELATION TO ANIMAL SCIENCE, acoustics are:

a)

properties of a room to see how sound travels

b)

communication through ground vibrations

c)

communication through air or water vibrations

d)

a hollow body guitar

19.

Which of the following can cause a Ewe to become more agitated and aggressive?

a)

Habituation

b)

Imprinting

c)

Colonization

d)

Pregnancy

20.

Which of the following are learned behaviors?

a)

Dogs leaping through a hoop

b)

An Eagle stopping its call when humans are around

c)

Tiger cubs chasing and wrestling with each other

d)

All of the above