Assignment 3

Question 1

Egrets with buffaloes are an example of
a. colony
b. commensalism
c. protocooperation
d. allelopathy

Answer 1

commensalism

Question 2

I observe a monkey take a tick out of another monkey’s head and eat it. In the social context, this
behaviour would be called
a. tick hunting
b. auto grooming
c. allo grooming
d. foraging

Answer 2

allo grooming

Question 3

Birds on giraffe are an example of
a. colony
b. commensalism
c. protocooperation
d. allelopathy

Answer 3

protocooperation

Question 4

Harmonious interactions occur where
a. at least one participant is benefited
b. at least one participant is unharmed
c. both participants are benefitted
d. both participants are unharmed

Answer 4

both participants are unharmed

Question 5

I observe a bird take a tick out of another bird’s head and eat it. In the social context, this
behaviour would be called
a. tick hunting
b. auto grooming
c. allo grooming
d. foraging

Answer 5

allo grooming

Question 6

The interaction between exotic shrubs and trees through the action of seed predators is an
example of
a. infraspecific competition
b. apparent competition
c. disguised competition
d. harmonious competition

Answer 6

apparent ccompetition

Question 7

Trampling of grass due to the movement of animals is an example of
a. mutualism
b. amensalism
c. commensalism
d. protocooperation

Answer 7

amensalism

Question 8

The scientific study of animal behaviour is called
a. behaviourism
b. ecology
c. ethology
d. prey-predator dynamics

Answer 8

ethology

Question 9

An inventory of behaviours exhibited by an animal during a behaviour exercise is called
a. ecogram
b. ethogram
c. behaviourogram
d. animalogram

Answer 9

ethogram

Question 10

Hamilton’s rule can be stated as
a. rB < C
b. rB > C
c. rB = C
d. rB + C = 0

Answer 10

rB > C