topic 5- adverse conditions

Question 1

dormancy

Answer 1

part of some organisms lifecycle to allow survival during a period when the costs of continued normal metabolic activity would be too high

Question 2

predictive dormancy

Answer 2

it occurs before the onset of adverse conditions

Question 3

consequential dormancy

Answer 3

it occurs after the onset of adverse conditions

Question 4

hibernation

Answer 4

an adaption to cold winter conditions and food scarcity

Question 5

aestivation

Answer 5

organisms which respond to the onset of very got or dry conditions and allows survival in periods of high temperature or drought

Question 6

torpor

Answer 6

a period of reduced activity in animals with very high metabolic rate

Question 7

migration

Answer 7

a regular, long distance change in location

Question 8

innate behaviour

Answer 8

the individuals in a population in response to a particular stimulus. It is fixed, inflexible and inherited

Question 9

learned behaviour

Answer 9

it has been acquired or modified as a results of the specific experiences of an individual during it’s own lifetime and is not inherited