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Assessment

Chapter Test A
Animal Behavior
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes
each statement or best answers each question.

______ 1. Traits that increase an individuals ability to attract a mate appear with
increased frequency as a result of
a. a fixed action pattern behavior.
b. behavioral selection.
c. sexual selection.
d. communication.
______ 2. The ability to perform a behavior is often innate, but the final shape of
the inherited behavior is often the result of
a. learning.
c. operant conditioning.
b. habituation.
d. imprinting.
______ 3. A scientist asks questions about a behavior to understand the
a. role of genetics in the behavior.
b. evolution of the behavior.
c. affect it has on survival.
d. All of the above
______ 4. Extreme traitssuch as antlers, horns, and lion manesthat are
found in male animals but not in female animals are the result of
a. evolution.
c. natural selection.
b. sexual selection.
d. All of the above
______ 5. In the figure at right, the bird
providing food to its young is
engaging in
a. foraging behavior.
b. parental care.
c. imprinting.
d. territorial behavior.
______ 6. When imprinting, young birds
will follow
a. only their mother.
b. only members of other species.
c. the first moving object they see.
d. only members of their species.

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Animal Behavior, Chapter Test A continued

______ 7. Animal signals are used to
a. influence an animals behavior.
b. solicit play.

c. attract a mate.
d. All of the above

______ 8. Sexual selection is a(n)

a. innate behavior.
b. evolutionary mechanism.

c. behavioral signal.
d. genetic trait.

______ 9. Which of the following is NOT a signal?

a. feeding
c. color
b. sound
d. scent
______10. Fiddler crabs emerging from their burrows at specified intervals is an
example of a
a. lunar cycle.
c. annual rhythm.
b. circadian rhythm.
d. weekly cycle.
______11. A benefit of living in a social group is
a. sharing of mates.
c. protection from predators.
b. reduced risk of disease.
d. All of the above
______12. A cost of living in a social group is
a. reduced success in foraging.
c. increased predation.
b. competition for mates.
d. All of the above
In the space provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the
term or phrase.

______13. habituation
______14. competition
______15. territorial behavior
______16. mate choice

a. ability to analyze a problem and use

past experience to develop insight
b. a male animal establishing boundaries
during mating season by not allowing
another male to go near females

______ 17. reasoning

c. strategy for locating, obtaining, and

consuming food

______18. imprinting

d. occurs only during a specific period

early in an animals life

______19. optimality hypothesis

e. birds that ignore a scarecrow in the

garden every day
f. female evaluation of male for
reproduction
g. results when resources are limited

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Animal Behavior, Chapter Test A continued

Complete each statement by writing the correct term or phrase in the space
provided.

20. When new male lions in a pride kill cubs of other males, they are

demonstrating an innate behavior influenced by

.
21. When rats locked in a box learned to depress a lever to get food, they

demonstrated

in a

famous study conducted by B. F. Skinner.

22. Birds flying south for the winter are demonstrating
.

23. When Pavlovs dogs learned to

a ringing bell with

meat and salivated in response, they demonstrated

.

Read each question, and write your answer in the space provided.

24. Explain how imprinting in ducks and geese is influenced by both heredity
and learning.

25. List five types of communication animals can use to send and receive signals.

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Chapter Test

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Animal Behavior
Chapter Test A (General)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.

26. The killing of cubs benefits the indi-

c
11. c
a
12. b
d
13. e
d
14. g
b
15. b
c
16. f
d
17. a
b
18. d
a
19. c
a
natural selection
operant conditioning
migratory behavior
associate, classical conditioning
A young birds ability to imprint, or to
follow the first moving object it sees
after hatching, is genetically programmed. The object the young bird
follows, or imprints on, is learned
immediately after it hatches.
25. Animals can use sight, sound, chemicals,
touch, and sometimes language.

27.

28.

29.

Animal Behavior
Chapter Test B (Advanced)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
24.

c
13. j
m
14. c
l
15. a
g
16. d
b
17. b
e
18. d
i
19. a
d
20. c
k
21. a
f
22. c
a
23. b
h
Sample answer: Innate behaviors are
genetically determined, such as the
orb spiders web building. Learned
behaviors are created or modified
through experience, such as Pavlovs
dogs or the rats in the Skinner boxes
that associated response actions to
stimuli with food rewards.
25. It ensures that individuals will mate
only with members of their own
species.

30.

vidual male lion that carries out the

killing because it increases the likelihood that he will father more cubs.
Natural selection favors traits that
contribute to the survival and reproduction of individuals.
The rat accidentally pressed a lever
that released food. Then it learned to
press the lever to obtain food. The
chimpanzee stacked boxes to obtain a
banana hanging overhead without
using any experimentation or trial-anderror strategies. The chimpanzee analyzed the situation and reasoned the
best way to obtain the banana.
Courtship rituals help in species identification and help to identify individuals
receptive to mating. Examples include:
flash patterns of fireflies (species identification); pheromones produced by
female silk moths (identification of
individuals receptive to mating); and
songs and sounds produced by birds,
insects, and amphibians.
Benefits include protection from predators and increased success in foraging. Costs include increased
competition for food, mates, and other
resources. There is also the increased
risk of spreading diseases.
(a) a. annual; b. lunar; c. circadian (b)
Sample examples: a. ground squirrels
hibernating during the winter; b. fiddler
crabs emerging from their burrows at
low tide; c. mice and owls being active
at night and quiet during the day
(c) Cyclical behavior is influenced by
changes in the environment, including
temperature changes, variations in
availability of food, and likelihood
of predation.

Skeletal, Muscular, and

Integumentary Systems
Chapter Test A (General)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

c
b
d
c
d
a
b

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

b
d
d
a
a
d
b

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