Animal Behavior

Which of the following causes animals to communicate through the ground or other foundation?

Substratum

What controls walking?

Genetics

Which of the following takes place when one animal watches the actions of another and learns from those actions?

Observation

Which of the following pheromones helps regulate population density?

Epideictic pheromones

Which of the following causes females to become more agitated and aggressive towards other animals and humans?

Pregnancy

Which of the following hormones stimulates the development of the male sex organs and sperm?

Testosterone

Which of the following explains the reason for rapid learning which occurs during a brief receptive period, often right after birth or hatching?

Imprinting

Which of the following hormones is released when dogs fight or feel threatened?

Epinephrine

Which of the following pheromones is excreted from the stinger of a worker bee which signals other bees to the threat, explaining why once one bee has stung, others move in?

Alarm pheromones

Which of the following tells a newly hatched herring gull to peck a small red spot on its mother’s beak in order to be fed?

Instinct

Which of the following observes natural processes such as communication, courtship, mating and self defense?

Ethology

Which of the following studies the science of heredity and variation of inherited traits among related organisms?

Genetics

Which of the following explains why a dog curls into a ball and uses its tail to cover its nose to minimize heat loss during cold weather?

Body homeostasis

Which of the following supports the survival of cells inside an organism?

Homeostasis

Which of the following allows a spider to build a perfect web for the first time despite having no previous experience with webs?

Instinct

Which of the following pheromones can be used to recognize other animals?

Territorial pheromones

Which of the following warns animals of possible predators?

Alarm pheromones

What type of pheromones does a female dog excrete while she is in heat which attracts male dogs from more than a mile away?

Sex pheromones

Spiny lobsters use which of the following pheromones to create safety in numbers by forming groups to wave spiny antennae in order to deter predators?

Aggregation pheromones

Which of the following are known as spacing pheromones?

Epideictic pheromones

Which of the following hormones is secreted from the adrenal medulla?

Amino acid hormones

Which of the following hormones is released during a fight, resulting in animals being aggressive for several hours afterwards?

Norepinephrine

Which of the following hormones can attract a male from more than a mile away?

Estrogen

Which of the following hormones helps maintain pregnancy?

Progesterone

When two male dogs are seeking the same female, the dog with a higher level of which of the following hormones will obtain the female?

Testosterone

What do butterflies have on their feet which allows them to sense different strengths and types of nectar?

Chemoreceptors

Which of the following causes male peacocks to use their brightly colored tails to impress and attract female peacocks?

Visual communication

Which of the following causes male grasshoppers to produce more than 400 mating songs, each with a different meaning?

Courtship rituals

Which of the following is made by the giving and receiving of audible noises from one animal to another?

Vocal communication

What is it called when an animal communicates through water or air vibrations?

Acoustic

Which of the following occurs when an animal becomes accustomed to a particular situation due to frequent repetition?

Habituation

Which of the following helps animals learn movements and become more successful predators as adults?

Playing

Which of the following takes place when an animal uses past experiences to make a decision regarding its actions?

Reasoning

Which of the following occurs when animals learn to respond to a stimulus in a certain way due to reinforcement from a reward or punishment?

Conditioning

Which of the following occurs when a young chimpanzee learns foraging and social behavior from watching its mother and other members of the group?

Observation