Bio Module 2 Topic 5: Animal Diversity and Behavior

Question 1

invertebrates

Answer 1

an animal lacking a backbone, such as an arthropod, mollusk, annelid, coelenterate.

Question 2

vertebrates

Answer 2

an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column,

Question 3

pheromones

Answer 3

a chemical that an animal produces which changes the behavior of another animal of the same species.

Question 4

segmentation

Answer 4

the process of dividing a broad consumer or business market

Question 5

echinoderms

Answer 5

have a mesodermal skeleton composed of calcareous plates or ossicles.

Question 6

mammal

Answer 6

a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur,

Question 7

marsupial

Answer 7

a mammal of an order whose members are born incompletely developed and are typically carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother’s belly.

Question 8

operant conditioning

Answer 8

a method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior.

Question 9

classical condition

Answer 9

a type of learning that had a major influence on the school of thought in psychology known as behaviorism.

Question 10

agonistic behavior

Answer 10

behaviors which cause, threaten to cause or seek to reduce physical damage.

Question 11

territorial behavior

Answer 11

the methods by which an animal, or group of animals, protects its territory from incursions by others of its species.

Question 12

altruism behavior

Answer 12

behavior that benefits another individual at a cost to oneself.