Animal Behavior

Question 1

What is ethology?

Answer 1

the study of animal behavior

Question 2

What is the adaptive significance of the behavior?

Answer 2

behaviors that will place them or keep them in favorable environments = survival, habitat, food, mates

Question 3

What are the two categories of behavior?

Answer 3

learned and innate (inherited)

Question 4

Pillbug environment/preferences:

Answer 4

prefer dark, moist environments, can be found under stones, logs, or leaves, and feed on decaying plant material

Question 5

What is orientation?

Answer 5

organisms body position in relation to external stimulus

Question 6

What does it mean when an animals orientation is categorized as taxis?

Answer 6

animals move directly towards or away from a stimulus

Question 7

What does it mean when an animal’s orientation is categorized as kinesis?

Answer 7

animals move randomly in response to environmental stimuli

Question 8

What is agonistic?

Answer 8

organisms perceives it is being threatened and reacts by threatening, attacking, or withdrawing