Exam 52: Animal Behavior

Pigeons determine compass direction using the position of the sun with respect to their circadian clock.This phenomenon

Most humans have circadian rhythms that are about 25 hours long.The presence of sunlight in the morning helps to _______ us to the 24-hour cycle of Earth's day.

Choose the incorrect match between circadian rhythms terms and their definition.

_______ rhythms are biological rhythms that occur on an annual basis.

Which rat will show male sexual behavior (mounting) in adulthood?

Avoiding being eaten is typically a compromise for animals.If a male frog remains silent, then he can't attract mates.Inability to attract mates is a(n) _______ cost of remaining silent for the male frog.

Refer to the figure showing the steps in a conditioned reflex experiment. Based on the figure, the object at point 1 is the

For song to develop normally, a young male songbird must hear _______ during his first several months of life and be able to hear himself sing as his song develops.

Researchers lesioned the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of adult hamsters with typical 24-hour rhythms and later transplanted SCN from hamster fetuses with short-day rhythmicity.As a result the recipients

The waggle dance of bees is an example of a(n) _______ signal.

Tinbergen outlined four questions he thought behavioral biologists should be asking.Which of the following was not a consideration when investigating behavior, according to Tinbergen?

Refer to the table.Match one of these mating systems to the description listed in the table: monogamy, polyandry, polygyny, promiscuity.(Note: The order should read from top to bottom.)

Two mice, Alison and Benny, were placed in a lab with continuous light.The graph describes their activity patterns. All other things being equal, which mouse would be entrained most easily to a 24-hour cycle?

According to optimal foraging theory, which of the following would be associated with a foraging animal that rapidly attains its energetic requirements?

Which hormone is most immediately responsible for causing increases each spring in song-learning regions of the brains of male songbirds?

Experimental evidence suggests that the ability to detect _______ allows pigeons that are displaced long distances to return home even on overcast days.

Any object, condition, or event that is required to elicit a fixed action pattern is called a(n) _______.

In haplodiploid organisms, what percentage of alleles do females share with their sisters if their mother mated with only one male?

Refer to the figure showing the steps in a conditioned reflex experiment. Which statement about the experiment shown in the figure is false?

Which of the following does not characterize star compass orientation?