Animal Behavior

The study of animal behavior

• biology
• ecology
• ethology
• behaviorology

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What is the definition of behavior

• animal's response to a stimulus
• animal's type of communication
• animal's care of offspring
• animal's main characterisitics

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a stimulus?

• Sight
• Sound
• Smell
• foraging 

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An internal stimulus happens ____________ the body

• outside
• inside
• behind
• under

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Which of the following is an example of COURTSHIP behavior?

• growling at foe
• barking for attention
• nursing young
• showing bright feathers

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Which animal displays migratory behavior?

• geese 
• moose
• deer
• wild hog 

A bark, snort, growl, and hoot are all examples of what type of communication 

• non-verbal communication
• verbal communication
• short distance communication
• aggressive communication 

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A bearded dragon will hunt small insects like worms and crickets to eat. What type of behavior this?

• parental care
• foraging 
• courtship
• communication

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What is the MAIN reason animals engage in play behavior?

• to socialize
• to strengthen family bonds
• to learn about each other
• to learn skills like hunting

When animal learns to ignore harmless stimuli like a scarecrow, what type of learning is this? 

• innate learning
• classical conditioning 
• habituation 
• trial and error learning