Animal Behavior | Biology | Quiz

Darwin, by watching animals, hypothesized that, like humans, they have ________.

mortality

emotions

body language

sexual reproduction
From what discipline is the behavior study pictured in this image?

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Ecology

Ethology

Evolutionary biology

Comparative psychology
Which of these examples BEST shows the ultimate cause of a behavior?

Possums lay down in a fake death stance when a predator approaches.

Horses break into a gallop when they smell the hay in its stable ahead.

Lionesses join the pack when they see other lionesses on the prowl.

Bullfrogs jump into the pond when they hear the voices of humans approaching.
Bird imprinting is similar to which human behavior (from a learning perspective)?

Teacher attachment in preschoolers.

Mother's face recognition in babies.

Tuning out parent voices in teenagers.

Learning to walk around in toddlers.
A songbird raised alone for a year and afterwards raised with its flock would probably never sing a proper song.

true

false
What's the MOST significant tradeoff a foraging animal faces with getting food energy efficiently?

Courting

Sleeping

Surviving

socializing
Which perspective on behavior is a study of how pond turtles transition to eating a more vegetarian diet as they mature?

Causation

Development

Function

Evolutionary history
Why will it be difficult for this migratory species (bar-tailed godwit) to shift its geographic range as climate warms?

Because there is little land for it to shift onto north of its current nonbreeding habitat.

Because there is little land for it to shift onto south of its current breeding habitat.

Because there is little land for it to shift onto east of its current stopover habitat.

Because there is little land for it to shift onto west of its current habitats.
Animal personalities are thought to be determined entirely by experiences they have.

true

false
Which best illustrates the brain's plasticity in response to experience?

In honeybees, returning workers dance to indicate the direction of a food source.

A captive shark gave birth to a pup without ever mating with a male.

Birds that often hear predators develop a smaller fear area of the brain.

Mammals have the brain wiring to know how to feed by suckling at birth.