Animal Behavior AP Biology

A wolf cub came too close to a skunk, and was sprayed by its foul smelling chemical spray. Now, the wolf cub stays away from skunks. What type of behavior is this?

• innate behavior

• imprinting

• learned behavior

• migration

A rat runs through a maze

• inherited

• learned

A cat goes to its bowl to be fed at the same time each morning.

• inherited

• learned

Salmon knowing which stream they were hatched in is an example of this type of behavior.

• Imprinting

• Conditioning

• Insight

• Trial and Error

Which would best describe the way an organism reacts to other organisms or to its environment?

• Instinct

• Behavior

• Conditioning

• Imprinting

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What type of behavior is inherited rather than learned?

• Instinct

• Innate behavior

• Imprinting

• Society

This would be considered a complex pattern of innate behaviors.

• Behavior

• Conditioning

• Instinct

• Imprinting

A group of animals move from one place to another to find food or to mate. What is this behavior called?

• Migration

• Hibernation

• Conditioning

• Territory

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What is the best definition of hibernation?

• Is the way an organism reacts to other organism.

• a behavior is modified so that a response to one stimulus becomes associated with different stimulus

• a response in which an animal's body temperature, activity, heart rate, and breathing rate decrease during periods of cold weather.

• The instinctive, seasonal movement of animals from one place to another.

This behavior happens when an animal forms an attachment to a place or an organism within a specific time period after birth or hatching.

• Migration

• Instinct

• conditioning

• imprinting