Animal Behavior

Behavior performed correctly the first time an animal tries it

• innate

• aggression

• migration

• territoriality

Simple signal such as a red dot on the bill that triggers an innate response

• reaction

• response

• releaser

• habituation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Decreased response to a stimulus due to repeated exposure to the stimulus

• classical conditioning

• habituation

• instinct

• imprinting

Learning by observing another animal doing a behavior

• insight

• habituation

• immitation

• operant conditioning

Rapid, irreversible learning that occurs during a short critical period to identify parents, etc.

• habituation

• associative learning

• classical conditioning

• imprinting

Type of cost for a behavior, check all that apply

• compound interest cost

• opportunity cost

• risk cost

• energy cost

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Behavior that benefits another without benefiting the animal that does the behavior

• altruism

• courtship

• territoriality

• imprinting

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-8

Possible reason for altruism to evolve in animals

• imprinting

• habituation

• territoriality

• kin selection

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-8

food hunting style that gives the maximum energy in food per unit of energy expending in the hunt

• territorial protection

• courtship behavior

• optimal foraging behavior

• habituation

when will an animal defend a territory

• when resources of plentiful enough for more than one individual

• when resources are too scarce to support even one individual

• when resources can support one individual but not more

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-2