Animal behavior

Question 1

A fever is a response to which stimulus?

fear
hunger
illness
tiredness

Answer 1

illness

Question 2

A good or bad outcome associated with behavior

Answer 2

conditioning

Question 3

In the winter, monarch butterflies travel from the United States to Mexico, where the weather is warmer. They return to the United States in the spring.

Which behavior does this scenario describe?

conditioning
hibernating
imprinting
migrating

Answer 3

migrating

Question 4

Endotherms use——- to respond to temperature stimuli.

Answer 4

actions

Question 5

Ectotherms move in response to temperature stimuli.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Which animal behavior is characterized by a decrease in heart rate and body temperature and the use of stored fat to provide energy?

conditioning
hibernating
imprinting
migrating

Answer 6

hibernating

Question 7

A learned behavior is a behavior that develops during an animal’s lifetime.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

An inherited behavior is a behavior that an animal is born with.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Baby Carlos is playing with a shape-sorting toy. At first, he tries to fit every block in every opening until one fits. After a week, Carlos is able to get most of the blocks into the correct opening on the first try. What type of learned behavior is this?

conditioning
imprinting
instinct
trial-and-error learning

Answer 9

trial-and-error learning

Question 10

Wolves live and hunt together in a group called a pack. Typically, there is a leader called an alpha male or alpha female, but each member of the pack plays a special role.

This is an example of

Answer 10

social hierarchy.