Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
10 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is inherited behavior?A behavior that occurs naturally in all members of a species.A behavior that has to be learned.A behavior that is passed on through generations.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of innate behavior?Spider spinning a webThe egg retrieval of the greylag goose.A chipmunk chasing others away from their food.Bird Calling
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a territory?A chemical substance that's released into the atmosphere which affects the behavior of its species.A physical space that an animal defends against other members of its species.An unchangeable behavior that continues until it is complete.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is hibernation?A state in which many body functions change, such as body temperature.A state of reduced metabolism that occurs in animals who live in intense heat.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is habituation?When an animal is repeatedly given a stimulus that isn't associated with punishment or reward.Form of learning in which an animal forms an attachment to another object.Learning by associationLearning in which an animal uses previous experience to respond to a new situation.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is trial-and-error learning?An animal is given a stimulus that isn't associated with a punishment or a reward.An animal forms an attachment to an objectAn animal receives a reward for making a particular response.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of imprinting?A bird flying south for the winter.A horse becoming used to the sound of traffic after a while.A bird building its nest for the first time with strange items, like light bulbs, then making one out of grass and twigs.A young duckling following its mother.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an example of communication with sound?Black-headed gulls communicating their availability for mating with courtship behavior.The song of a male cricket tells his sex, his location, his social status, and his species.Ants leaving odor trails that are followed by other members of their nestThe pat on the head from a dog's owner after the dog retrieves a stick
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy is a spider spinning a web an innate behavior?It learns how to spin the web from its mother.It learns how to spin a web through insight learning.It is born knowing how to spin a web.It learns how to spin a web through observational learning.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following terms is another term for innate?instinctlearnedtrial and errorcopying
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags