Animal Behavior Chapter 27 Questions & Practice Quizzes

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If a behavior necssary for suvival does not result from a certain stimulus, the animal may not survive. Animals that respond correctly to a stimulus have a greater chance of survival.

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An internal stimulus like the change in day length and temperature might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

These are external stimuli.

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An external stimulus like a hormonal change or being hungry due to a lack of food availability might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

There are internal stimuli.

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The relationship between an animal's behavior and homeostasis includes behaviors that will maintain the best conditions for survival for the animal.

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A peacock uses its colorful train of feathers to attract a mate. A factor that may limit how large a feather train may grow includes the affect the train may have on individual fitness.

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Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
a) Your alarm clock wakes you up and you get ready for school.

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Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
b) You eat breatkast but then eat one more slice of toast.

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Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
c) After stepping outside, you go back in to get a lighter jacket.

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A zookeeper needs to use a scale to measure the weight of an otter. How might she use operant conditioning to get the otter onto the scale?

Operant Conditioning includes positive and negative rewards

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Gray wolves live in packs with about 6 to 15 members. Young pups remain behind while the older animals hunt for prey as a group. They often seek out old, sick, and slower prey animals. All of the adults regurgitate food for the pups. Suggest a cost for adult wolves resulting from their feeding behavior.

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Gray wolves live in packs with about 6 to 15 members. Young pups remain behind while the older animals hunt for prey as a group. They often seek out old, sick, and slower prey animals. All of the adults regurgitate food for the pups. Suggest a cost for the pups resulting from the adult gray wolf's feeding behavior.

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Gray wolves live in packs with about 6 to 15 members. Young pups remain behind while the older animals hunt for prey as a group. They often seek out old, sick, and slower prey animals. All of the adults regurgitate food for the pups. Suggest a benefit for the adult wolves resulting from their feeding behavior.

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Gray wolves live in packs with about 6 to 15 members. Young pups remain behind while the older animals hunt for prey as a group. They often seek out old, sick, and slower prey animals. All of the adults regurgitate food for the pups. Suggest a second benefit for the adult wolves resulting from their feeding behavior.

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Gray wolves live in packs with about 6 to 15 members. Young pups remain behind while the older animals hunt for prey as a group. They often seek out old, sick, and slower prey animals. All of the adults regurgitate food for the pups. Suggest a benefit for the pups resulting from the adult gray wolf's feeding behavior.

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Why do you think the baby elephants are traveling between the adult elephants?

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Describe a cost for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

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Describe a benefit for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

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Describe a benefit for the baby elephants for this type of behavior.

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If there is a benefit, does it outweigh the cost? Explain your answer.

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Using the chart above, what behavior did the bears engage in most of the time?

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Using the chart above, do the bears interact more often with other bears or with different animals in the park?

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Using the chart above, what can you infer about the habitat based on the data for foraging and eating?

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Students plan an experiment to determine whether fish exhibit different feeding behaviors when presented with food flakes of different colors. The students predict that fish will be able to see brightly colored flakes more easily and will therefore eat more of these flakes. This prediction most closely resembles a scientific _____________.

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A female ground squirrel may send out a call warning her offspring that a predator is near. Often, the mother sacrifices her own life since the predator can move easily and locate her from the call. Even though this behavior results in death, it is beneficial to her in that ...........

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This action illustrated above will most likely result in a response produced by the ......

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When a frog hunts, it catches its prey with one flick of its long, sticky tongue. Energy obtained from eating the insect that is not stored in newly made body structures is..........

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Which of the following best illustrates natural selection?

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Review Question: Use the tabe above to answer this question. In a hypothetical rabbit species, females prefer to mate with brown males over gray males. Fur color is a trait controlled by one gene that can occur in a dominant form (F) or a recessive form (f). A gray female mates with a gray male and both of the parents are heterozygous for fur color. They produce a brown male offspring. How is this possible?

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Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.1. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

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Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.2. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

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Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.3. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

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Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.4. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

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Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.5. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

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Go to Classzone.com --> Animated Biology --> Unit 8: Animals --> Chapter 27: Behavioral Costs and Benefits. When you have been successful keeping your hummingbird alive for the day and have more energy than when you started the day, take a screenshot and attach it here.

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Read the Mutts cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

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Read the Pearls Before Swine cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

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Animal Behavior Chapter 27 Questions & Practice Quizzes

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If a behavior necssary for suvival does not result from a certain stimulus, the animal may not survive. Animals that respond correctly to a stimulus have a greater chance of survival.

An internal stimulus like the change in day length and temperature might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

An external stimulus like a hormonal change or being hungry due to a lack of food availability might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

The relationship between an animal's behavior and homeostasis includes behaviors that will maintain the best conditions for survival for the animal.

A peacock uses its colorful train of feathers to attract a mate. A factor that may limit how large a feather train may grow includes the affect the train may have on individual fitness.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):a) Your alarm clock wakes you up and you get ready for school.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer): b) You eat breatkast but then eat one more slice of toast.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer): c) After stepping outside, you go back in to get a lighter jacket.

A zookeeper needs to use a scale to measure the weight of an otter. How might she use operant conditioning to get the otter onto the scale?

Why do you think the baby elephants are traveling between the adult elephants?

Describe a cost for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

Describe a benefit for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

Describe a benefit for the baby elephants for this type of behavior.

If there is a benefit, does it outweigh the cost? Explain your answer.

Using the chart above, what behavior did the bears engage in most of the time?

Using the chart above, do the bears interact more often with other bears or with different animals in the park?

Using the chart above, what can you infer about the habitat based on the data for foraging and eating?

A female ground squirrel may send out a call warning her offspring that a predator is near. Often, the mother sacrifices her own life since the predator can move easily and locate her from the call. Even though this behavior results in death, it is beneficial to her in that ...........

This action illustrated above will most likely result in a response produced by the ......

When a frog hunts, it catches its prey with one flick of its long, sticky tongue. Energy obtained from eating the insect that is not stored in newly made body structures is..........

Which of the following best illustrates natural selection?

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.1. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.2. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.3. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.4. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.5. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

Go to Classzone.com --> Animated Biology --> Unit 8: Animals --> Chapter 27: Behavioral Costs and Benefits. When you have been successful keeping your hummingbird alive for the day and have more energy than when you started the day, take a screenshot and attach it here.

Read the Mutts cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

Read the Pearls Before Swine cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

Read the Sherman's Lagoon cartoon above. Describe the type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

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If a behavior necssary for suvival does not result from a certain stimulus, the animal may not survive. Animals that respond correctly to a stimulus have a greater chance of survival.

An internal stimulus like the change in day length and temperature might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

An external stimulus like a hormonal change or being hungry due to a lack of food availability might signal an Alaskan caribou that it is time to migrate.

The relationship between an animal's behavior and homeostasis includes behaviors that will maintain the best conditions for survival for the animal.

A peacock uses its colorful train of feathers to attract a mate. A factor that may limit how large a feather train may grow includes the affect the train may have on individual fitness.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):a) Your alarm clock wakes you up and you get ready for school.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer): b) You eat breatkast but then eat one more slice of toast.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer): c) After stepping outside, you go back in to get a lighter jacket.

A zookeeper needs to use a scale to measure the weight of an otter. How might she use operant conditioning to get the otter onto the scale?

Why do you think the baby elephants are traveling between the adult elephants?

Describe a cost for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

Describe a benefit for the adult/parent elephants for this type of behavior.

Describe a benefit for the baby elephants for this type of behavior.

If there is a benefit, does it outweigh the cost? Explain your answer.

Using the chart above, what behavior did the bears engage in most of the time?

Using the chart above, do the bears interact more often with other bears or with different animals in the park?

Using the chart above, what can you infer about the habitat based on the data for foraging and eating?

A female ground squirrel may send out a call warning her offspring that a predator is near. Often, the mother sacrifices her own life since the predator can move easily and locate her from the call. Even though this behavior results in death, it is beneficial to her in that ...........

This action illustrated above will most likely result in a response produced by the ......

When a frog hunts, it catches its prey with one flick of its long, sticky tongue. Energy obtained from eating the insect that is not stored in newly made body structures is..........

Which of the following best illustrates natural selection?

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.1. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.2. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.3. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.4. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

Go to classzone.com and take the Practice Quiz for Chapter 27.5. Complete the quiz and receive 100%. Screenshot the quiz and enter the picture here. You may have to look up some terms in this section that weren't directly discussed during your lecture and ppts.

Go to Classzone.com --> Animated Biology --> Unit 8: Animals --> Chapter 27: Behavioral Costs and Benefits. When you have been successful keeping your hummingbird alive for the day and have more energy than when you started the day, take a screenshot and attach it here.

Read the Mutts cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

Read the Pearls Before Swine cartoon above. Describe what type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

Read the Sherman's Lagoon cartoon above. Describe the type of animal behavior the cartoon is describing and why it is "funny".

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
a) Your alarm clock wakes you up and you get ready for school.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
b) You eat breatkast but then eat one more slice of toast.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
c) After stepping outside, you go back in to get a lighter jacket.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
a) Your alarm clock wakes you up and you get ready for school.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
b) You eat breatkast but then eat one more slice of toast.

Identify the stimuli in this scene and whether it is internal or external (type internal or external for your answer):
c) After stepping outside, you go back in to get a lighter jacket.