Animal Behavior and Structures Test

What is it called when an animal copies the appearance, actions, or sounds of another animal?

• mimicry

• camouflage

• imprinting

• migration

Why does a bee have a stinger?

• to hide from its predators
• to scare predators away
• to make attacks by predators painful
• to make themselves appear larger than they are

What is the movement of animals from one place to another in response to seasonal changes?

• migration
• hibernation
• imprinting

What kind of special defense mechanisms do skunks have?

• foul-smelling stream of liquid
• sharp quills
• mimicry
• camouflage

What defense mechanism do horned lizards and octopuses have to give them a chance to escape from a predator?

• mimicry
• camouflage
• smells
• ejection

What social behaviors occur when animals travel together to protect the individuals or to fool the predator into thinking they are one big animal?

• ejection
• mimicry
• grouping
• migration

What behavior happens when adults of the same species attract each other as mates?

• ejection
• courtship
• grouping
• migration

What kind of behaviors result from direct observation and experiences?

• learned behaviors
• inherited behaviors
• instincts
• reflexes

What is the behavior in which newborn animals recognize and follow the first moving object they see?

• conditioning
• inherited learning
• imprinting

What kind of learning occurs when an animal learns that a particular stimulus and its response to it will bring about a good or bad result?

• conditioning
• inherited behavior
•  learned behavior
• reflexes