Animal behavior and Ecology notes

bio102 lab practicle

what is behavior

how an organism act in its environment

what is the purpose of behavior

survive and reproduce

what is a stimulus

a trigger

what is a response

reaction to trigger

what is ethology

study of animal behavior

other name for instinct

innate

what is an instinct behavior

behavior animal is born with

what is a taxis

moving away or towards stimulus

what is a fixed action pattern

predictable sequence by key stimulus

what is a learned behavior

developed by experience

habituation

stop responding to stimulus

imprinting

learning durning early life

examole of instinct/ innate behavior

taxis

examole of instinct/ innate behavior

fixed action pattern

examples of learned behavior

habituation

example of learned behavior

imprinting

list of social behaviors

aggression, territory, courtship, and society

what is purpose of society

a species living together for the benefit

what is circadian rhythms

24 hour cycle

what is hibernation

reduced winter activity

what is migration

species move environments

what type are pill bugs

crustaceans

what group are pill bugs

isopods

color of pill bugs

gray

size of pill bugs

5-15mm

how many legs do pill bugs have

14

behavior of pill bugs

roll

what do pill bugs eat

decaying matter

how many stages do pill bugs shed in

2

what is ethogram

list of behaviors to track

what is Ecology

study of interactions between organism and environment

what does ecology focus on

energy transfer

example of abiotic factor

soil

what is the lowest level of organization

organism

what is the highest level of organization

Biosphere

what is habitat

where something lives

what is niche

how it lives

what are producers

plants and base of food chain

herbivores

eat plants

carnivores eat

animals

omnivores

plants and animals

what does the predator do

hunts

commensalism

one benefits other unharmed

parasiitism

one benefits one harmed

mutualism

both benefit