Plant and Animals: Intraspecific relationships

Question 1

Intraspecific relationships

Answer 1

Relationship between members of the same species

Question 2

Courtship

Answer 2

A set of display behaviours in which an animal attempts to attract a mate and exhibit their desire to mate/ reproduce.

Question 3

Courtship signals

Answer 3

Vocal, visual, Chemical, Touch

Question 4

Courtship disadvantages

Answer 4

TIme consuming
- energy loss
- Could’ve been looking for resources

Question 5

Courtship advantages

Answer 5

• Males do it so that females don’t see them as potential, predators or prey
• Prevents interspecific matings, mating/ courtship signals are based on species
• Enable state of sexual readiness
• Attracts a mate

Question 6

Parental Care

Answer 6

Investment of time and energy in the rasing of offspring

Question 7

Group cooprative

Answer 7

Process where groups of an organism work or act together for common or mutual benefits

Question 8

Pair bonding

Answer 8

A strong affinity that fevelops in some species between a mating pair… leads to producing and rasing of offspring and potentially a lifelong bond.

Question 9

Territory

Answer 9

Area occupied and defened (highly protected and defened) by an animal

Question 10

Lek

Answer 10

Territory established by males and used soley for mating

Question 11

Agonisitc behaviours

Answer 11

Are those behaviours which cause or seek to reduce physical damage
Threats, submission, agression (fighting- winning a competition is based on the quality of a males gene and physical vigour and large size)

Question 12

Social dominance

Answer 12

Social hierachy and linear hierarchy

Question 13

Hierarchy

Answer 13

Is known to be the systematic organisation of organisms into levels

Question 14

Reprudcitve strategies
R-strategies

Answer 14

Produce hugh number of tiny offspirng, unprotected offsrping, suffer high mortality

Question 15

Reprudcitve strategies
k-strategies

Answer 15

Produces small number well cared fo offspring

Question 16

Mating systems
Monogamy

Answer 16

Relationship between the series in which each male mates with only one female in given breeding seaosn

Question 17

Mating systems
Polygamy

Answer 17

Relationship between the sexes in which each male mates with many females in a given season
advantage: Success (father larger number offsrping) - can ead to reduced geentic diversity, inbreeding genetic disorder

Question 18

Mating systems
Polygynandry

Answer 18

Multiple males mate with multiple females
advantage: greater genetic diversity mates compete less with eachother- greater protection and care for the young

Question 19

Mating systems
Polyandry

Answer 19

One female mates with several males in a breeding season