Animal Behavior Test

In chickens, dominance-submissive behavior is called the pecking order. (T OR F)

True

Producers use the instincts of animals to help design facilities. (T OR F)

True

Within each group of animals there is a hierarchy or an order of social dominance. (T OR F)

True

Cattle have the tendency to follow a ______ passageway and will usually want to circle to the right.

curved

Which best describes a horse that is demonstrating aggression?

Ears are laid back toward the neck

Imprinting happens after an animal has reached adulthood. (T OR F)

False

What is the term used to describe the condition when female animals are ready for mating?

Estrus

the study of how animals behave in their natural habitat is called________.

Ethology

All ruminant animals gather and ingest food in the same manner.

False

Horses can be kept in barbed wire fences, but cattle have a tendency to cut themselves on the wire. (T OR F)

False

Which term best describes an animals's tendency to want to herd or flock together?

Gregarious

Which is a ruminant animal?

Horse

An animal that does not pair for lige and mates with any other of the same species is considered a/an _______.

Indiscriminate breeder

Which is the behavior set in an animal at birth and causes the animal to respond automatically to an environmental stimulus?

Instinctive

During periods of rest, ruminant animals regurgitate and chew the plant material they have swallowed. This is know as what?

Rumination

Pigs are considered to have this kind of digestive system:

Simple stomach

After offspring are born, the mother almost always becomes more aggressive and protective. (T OR F)

True

Animals communicate with each other through vody motions, through sounds they emit, or through smell. (T OR F)

True

What is an example of behavior a female may display as the end of the gestation period approaches?

a)Sows building a nest out of grass, soil, or other materials. b)Cows appearing nervous and isolating themselves. c)A mare biting at her flanks, switching her tail, and lying down and getting up repeatedly ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE EXAMPLES!

What is an example of how animals communicate?

a)a clucking chicken b)a grunting sow c)a bellowing cow ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE CORRECT!

Cattle, sheep, and goats have no upper front teeth and must rely on a thick ______ pad in the top of their mouths to tear off plants as they grow.

gum

Producers look for animal behaviors that make raising livestock easier. These behaviors usually have the natural instinct of the animals as their basis. (T OR F)

True