lab quiz kangaroo

Question 1

orientation behaviors place the animal in..

Answer 1

its most favorable environment

Question 2

taxis

Answer 2

animal moves toward or away from a stimulus

Question 3

taxis is often exhibited when the stimulus is…

Answer 3

light, heat, moisture, sound or chemicals

Question 4

agnostic behavior is exhibited when…

Answer 4

animals respond to each other by aggressive or submissive responses

Question 5

mating behaviors may involve a…

Answer 5

complex series of activities that facilitate finding, courting, and mating with a member of the same species

Question 6

during hot weather, kangaroos…..

Answer 6

lick their forearms which promotes heat loss by evaporation

Question 7

group of kangaroos is called

Answer 7

a mob

Question 8

how can a member of the mob send the rest of the mob into a wild rout:

Answer 8

they thump their tail on the ground in a signal of alarm

Question 9

what is the largest male kangaroo called?

Answer 9

old man or boomer

Question 10

what are female kangaroos called

Answer 10

flyer or doe

Question 11

what tactic do kangaroos use to disembowel dogs and humans

Answer 11

they use their forepaws to grip the enemy while rocking back on their rails and swiftly dropping their huge clawed hind feet

Question 12

ethology

Answer 12

study of animal behavior

Question 13

how have kangaroos benefitted from human presence

Answer 13

hunters and pastoralists cleared large areas of forests and vegetation, opening the land up for large grazers.

Question 14

3 most abundant species of kangaroo

Answer 14

eastern gray
western gray
red kangaroo

add up to tens of millions

Question 15

red kangaroos: where are they found?

Answer 15

Australia’s interior grasslands

Question 16

most powerful macropodid is the….

Answer 16

red kangaroo

Question 17

red kangaroo: old male may attain
- a head and body length of ____
-a tail __ long
-and stand ___ long

Answer 17

1.5 m

1 m

2 m

Question 18

red kangaroos: males can weigh __ kg but females are much smaller

Answer 18

90 kg

Question 19

red kangaroos: males are usually ___ colored and females are _____

Answer 19

red; blue-gray

Question 20

eastern grays: can grow up to ___ m

Answer 20

2.1

Question 21

eastern gray males can weigh as much as ___ kg

Answer 21

90 kg

Question 22

western grays are ___ and more ___ colored

Answer 22

stockier; brown

Question 23

gray kangaroos can clear more than ___ meters and can attain a speed of ____ km/h.

Answer 23

9 m
55 km/h

Question 24

the red kangaroo is easily distinguished by…

Answer 24

its longer arms, convex face, whitish underparts, prominent black/white whisker marks on the nuzzle, and bald path on the nose

Question 25

what is the bald patch on the nose of a red kangaroo called

Answer 25

rhinarium

Question 26

gray kangaroos are more ___ colored, and the nose is____.

Answer 26

uniformly
haired