CH 6 + 7

Question 1

adaptive niche

Answer 1

the way an organism lives as a result of its environment

Question 2

affiliative behaviors

Answer 2

activities that are practiced in group or duo settings

Question 3

altruism

Answer 3

actions that benefit an individual at a cost

Question 4

anthropocentric

Answer 4

applying human behaviors onto animals

Question 5

arboreal

Answer 5

adapted to life in trees

Question 6

autonomic

Answer 6

physical responses one is unable to control (example blushing, or hair raising)

Question 7

behavior

Answer 7

an individual’s responses to internal or external stimuli

Question 8

behavioral ecology

Answer 8

the study of the evolution of behavior

Question 9

binocular vision

Answer 9

vision which has overlapping visual fields provided by foward-facing eyes

Question 10

biological continuum

Answer 10

the idea that organisms are related through common ancestry

Question 11

brachiation

Answer 11

swinging as a form of travel, swinging from branch to branch

Question 12

communication

Answer 12

behavior that conveys information to other individuals

Question 13

core area

Answer 13

portion of home that has the best or most reliable resources

Question 14

cusps

Answer 14

the bumps on the surface of teeth

Question 15

dental formula

Answer 15

numerical device that indicates the number of each type of tooth in each quadrant

Question 16

displays

Answer 16

repeated behaviors that serve to communicate emotional states

Question 17

diurnal

Answer 17

active durning the day

Question 18

dominance hierarchies

Answer 18

social organization where individuals are ranked against each other

Question 19

ecological

Answer 19

refers to the relationship between organisms and their environment

Question 20

empathy

Answer 20

the ability to identify with the feelings and thoughts of another

Question 21

encephalization

Answer 21

the proportional size of the brain relative to some estimate of body size

Question 22

grooming

Answer 22

picking through fur to remove undesirable materials

Question 23

hemisphere

Answer 23

one of the two halves of the brain

Question 24

intelligence

Answer 24

mental capacity

Question 25

K-selected

Answer 25

adapted strategy where less offspring are born and parents are more involved in raising them

Question 26

r-selected

Answer 26

adapted strategy where more offspring are born, but parents are not involved in raising them

Question 27

language

Answer 27

standardize system of vocal sound, written symbols, and gestures used to communicate

Question 28

life history traits

Answer 28

characteristics and developmental stages that influence productive rates

Question 29

matriliness

Answer 29

groups that consist of a female, her daughters, and their offspring

Question 30

metabolism

Answer 30

the processes that break down nutrients and releases energy for the body

Question 31

morphology

Answer 31

the form of anatomical structures

Question 32

natal groups

Answer 32

the group in which animals are born and raised

Question 33

neocortex

Answer 33

the more recently evolved portions of the cortex of the brain

Question 34

nocturnal

Answer 34

active at night

Question 35

olfaction

Answer 35

sense of smell

Question 36

omnivorous

Answer 36

diet of many types of food, eat both meat and vegetation

Question 37

polyandry

Answer 37

mating system where females mate with more than one male

Question 38

polygynous

Answer 38

mating system where males mate with more than one female

Question 39

prosocial behaviors

Answer 39

actions the benefit others and/or society as a whole

Question 40

quadrupedal

Answer 40

using all four limbs to support body durning locomotion

Question 41

reproductive strategies

Answer 41

behavior that has been favored by natural selection to increase reproductive success

Question 42

rhinarium

Answer 42

moist, hairless end of nose

Question 43

sensory modalities

Answer 43

different forms of sensations

Question 44

sexualdimorphism

Answer 44

the physical differences between males and females of the same species

Question 45

sexual selection

Answer 45

a type of natural selection that operates on only one sex within a species

Question 46

social structure

Answer 46

the composition, size, and sex ration of a group of animals

Question 47

stereoscopic vision

Answer 47

vision in which images are superimposed

Question 48

territorial

Answer 48

the protection of areas occupied by an animal or group of animals

Question 49

territories

Answer 49

portions of an individual's or groups home range