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what is a mechanistic behavior?

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a mechanistic view or a view of how some factor in the current lifespan caused a behavior

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what is evolutionary behavior?

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behavior based on how the organism has evolved over time

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what is innate behavior?

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innate behavior is a behavior that an animal has at birth

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what is a learned behavior?

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a behavior that an animal has aquired due to a specific event or other repeated stimuli

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what are the two main types of biological clocks?

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the circadian and lunar rhythms

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what is the circadian rhythm?

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the internal clocck of an organism to innately know the time of day it is. This is influenced by the organisms surroundings

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what is a lunar rythm?

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the way the changing of the tides or position of the moon is sensed by an organism

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what are the main types of communication within animals?

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visual, auditory, mechanical, chemical, and electrical.

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what is visual communication?

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communication between animals utilizing specific movements or signs

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what is auditory communication?

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the conveying of information based on auditory sounds

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what is chemical communication?

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communication between organisms through a sharing or emiting of specific chemicals

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what is electrical communication?

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the communication between animals utilizing electric signals shared between the two organisms

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what is mechanical communication?

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communication between two organisms based on mechannical changes in their structure

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what is a fixed action pattern?

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an action that once started cannot be stopped

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what are non-associative events?

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events that do not link to a behavior

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what are associative events?

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events that link to a specific result in a behavior

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is classical conditioning an associative or non associative behavior?

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non-associative

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is sensualization an associative or non associative behavior?

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an associative behavior

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is habituation an associative behavior?

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Yes

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is operant conditioning an associative or non associative behavior?

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non-associative

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what is altruism?

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the sacrifice of something for the well-being of another

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what is reciprocal altruism?

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the sacrifice of something for another with the expectation of getting something in return

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what is kin selection?

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the helping of another organism due to relation by kin

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what is ecology?

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the study of the interaction of animals and their environment

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what are the three levels of ecology?

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population, community, and global

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populations are characterized by what five factors?

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size, range, density, distribution, and growth

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what are the two population growth types?

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exponential and log

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what is exponential population growth?

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the growth of a population being ever increasing with no end

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what is log growth of a population?

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the growth of a population towards a population cap

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what are some examples of biotic factors?

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predation, disease, species interactions.

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what are some abiotic factors?

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natural disasters, PH

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what are densitiy indipendant foctors?

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any factors that do not change with density

33
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what are density dependant factors?

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factors that change with the density of organsims

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what is a random geographic pattern?

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there is no pattern to the spread of the structure/organism

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what is a clumped geographic pattern?

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a geographic pattern where the organsims or structures are clumped into clusters

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what are uniform geographic patterns?

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patterns of the spread of organsims or structures that spread out as far as possible from one another

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what is a Type 1 survivorship curve?

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not survivable in the start and get better with age

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what is a type 2 survivorship curve?

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eh, live about the same at each age

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what is a type 3 survivorship curve?

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live now, you get worse as you age

40
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what is an R strategist?

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an organsim that utlizises a high reproductive rate to reproduce wih little to no nurturing or caring for young

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what is a K strategist?

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an organsim that utilizes more energy nurtering their young.

42
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what is a metapopulation?

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population in patches connected by migration paths

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what is a niche?

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a unique diet or location of an animal in it’s environment

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what is a realized niche?

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a niche accounting for the interaction of others in the niche

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what is a fundimental niche?

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a niche that does not account for the interaction of other organisms within it

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what are the three types of +/- specific interactions?

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predation, herbivory, parasitism

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what is a -/- specific interaction called?

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competition

48
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what is a +/+ specific interaction called?

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mutualism

49
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what is a / specific interaction called?

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commensalism

50
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what is competative exclusion?

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the exlcusion of one species in the local environment or the exclusion of a competitor

51
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what is resource partitioning?

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the re-distribution of resources due to a shared niche

52
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what is succession?

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the species replacement over time in an area, this can be either primary or secondary sucession

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what is primary succession?

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succession is the replacement of species in an area after an event that wipes out all biotic life

54
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what is secondary succession?

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replacement of species in an area when an event wipes out a lare portion of life in the area

55
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what is the anthropocene extinction?

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the extinction being caused by us

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what do humans do to harm the environment?

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burn fossil fuels, deforest our forests, create large amounts of trash, eat unsustainable amounts of the wrong foods and much much more

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