Lab 6

Question 1

Behavior

Answer 1

Response of an organism to a specific stimulus

Question 2

Homeostasis

Answer 2

Organisms tendency to keep the internal conditions constant

Question 3

Learned behavior

Answer 3

Depends on experiences

Question 4

Innate behavior is

Answer 4

Inherited

Question 5

Proximate cause

Answer 5

Immediate physiological events that lead to a certain behavior

Question 6

Ultimate cause

Answer 6

Underlying adaptive significance and evolution origin or that specific behavior

Question 7

Orientation behaviors

Answer 7

The place the animal is in its most favorable environment

Question 8

Taxis

Answer 8

Directional movement towards or away from a stimulus; depends on nature of the stimulus

Question 9

Kinesis

Answer 9

Non-directional, random movement in response to a stimulus; occurs if rate increases with no orientation involved

Question 10

Agnostic behavior

Answer 10

Reacting by attacking or withdrawing

Question 11

Threatening behavior

Answer 11

Display that makes an organism look big ; dogs baring their teeth

Question 12

Reproductive behavior

Answer 12

Complex sequence of activities that facilitate mating with a species