Bio 3 Animal Behaviors

The interaction between animals of the same species, generally involving some form of communication.

• innate behavior

• response

• reflex

• social behavior

The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during an early-life critical period.

• migration
• imprinting
• stimulus
• dominance

A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat.

• pheromone
• hibernation
• submission
• estivation

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A behavior that has been developed from experience.

• social
• innate
• learned
• aggression

A chemical released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species.

• submission
• hibernation
• pheromone
• courtship

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A behavior that is inherited rather than acquired.

• learned
• innate
• social
• trial and error

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A simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus.

• territoriality
• habituation
• reflex
• dominance

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A social interaction with the sole purpose of finding a mate.

• courtship
• hibernation
• aggression
• submission

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A rat runs through a maze

• inherited

• learned

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A dogs sits when its owner gives a command

• inherited

• learned