Exam 35: Behavioral Adaptations to the Environment

After many hours of observation,Jennifer noticed that a squirrel in her backyard seemed to retreat up a certain tree every time it was frightened.At the base of that tree was a wheelbarrow.Jennifer wondered how the squirrel found the same tree each time.Perhaps it simply knew to use the tree with the wheelbarrow.That night,Jennifer moved the wheelbarrow a few feet over and placed it against another tree.The next day,the squirrel retreated up the new tree,with the wheelbarrow resting at its base.This experiment suggests that the squirrel was using

A grayling butterfly will normally fly toward the sun.This is an example of

Which of the following conclusions is supported by this graph?

Which of the following would be an example of agonistic behavior?

You lose track of your friend in a store and start looking for her.Which of the following things that you could do represents the use of a search image?

Endocrine disruptors on reproductive behavior affect behavior by

The most extensive study of cognitive maps has involved animals that

Which of the following terms broadly describes any kind of interaction between two or more animals?

The need for intense parental care of offspring favors mating systems that are

The modification of behavior based upon specific experiences defines

A male turkey that imprinted onto a human at hatching is transferred as an older juvenile to a flock of "normal" turkeys.When this turkey reaches sexual maturity,he will probably try to court

Organisms that are nocturnal are more likely to communicate using

What type of behavior is illustrated by the bird in this figure?

The baby bobcats watched as their mother stalked a rabbit and pounced,catching a meal that was shared by all.The next day,two of the young bobcats were seen stalking a field mouse,which quickly escaped from the inexperienced hunters.The young bobcats were learning how to hunt by the process of

When a nipple is placed in a newborn baby's mouth,the infant will immediately begin to suckle.This is an example of

Based on von Frisch's work on honeybee communication,which of the following types of information will be communicated to other workers by a honeybee's "dance"?

Many rats were tested for their ability to learn a maze.The average number of errors for a total of 14 trials was 64 per rat.The rats that made the fewest errors were bred to each other,and the offspring were tested in a similar way.This process was repeated for seven generations,at which point the average number of errors for 14 trials was 36.This experiment demonstrates that

An insectivorous bird has the choice of eating (1)meadow beetles,which are abundant and large but expose the bird to hawk predation; (2)under- a- rock beetles,which are large and fatty but hard to obtain; and (3)under- a- leaf beetles,which are easy to obtain but small.The bird has nestlings to feed.As an optimal forager,it will

During the spring,male sage grouse gather in an open area and strut about,erecting their feathers in a fanlike display.They also make booming sounds using their inflated air sacs.The function of this dance is to

Human social behavior appears to be