Mating Systems and Strategies

Question 1

What is monogamy?

Answer 1

where a male and female pair bond to breed and raise their offspring

Question 2

What are the three types of monogamy?

Answer 2

social monogamy
serial monogamy
genetic monogamy

Question 3

What is social monogamy?

Answer 3

cohabitation of a heterogenous pair

live together but many social monogamy animals mate with others

Question 4

What is serial monogamy?

Answer 4

pairing for a season only

Question 5

What is genetic monogamy?

Answer 5

fidelity of the mating pair is exhibited

mate for life

Question 6

What is polygyny?

Answer 6

one male mating with multiple females

Question 7

What is polyandry?

Answer 7

one female mating with multiple males

Question 8

What is polygyny and polyandry types of?

Answer 8

promiscuity

Question 9

What is promiscuity?

Answer 9

mating with multiple partners

Question 10

What is biparental care?

Answer 10

male and female pair share responsibility for raising their mutual offspring

Question 11

What is intensive parental care?

Answer 11

one or both parents invest significant time and dedication into raising their offspring

Question 12

What is no parental investment?

Answer 12

young are independent and self-sufficient immediately from hatching or birth

Question 13

What is parent-offspring bond?

Answer 13

a biological process where parents and their offspring develop a social connection