Chapter 51 Quiz AP Biology

Which of the following examples describes a behavioral pattern that results from a proximate cause?

A female bird lays its eggs because the amount of daylight is decreasing slightly each day

Which of the following is true about imprinting?

It may be triggered by visual or chemical stimuli

Animal communication involves what type of sensory information

Visual, auditory, olfactory, and tactile

A chemical produced by an animal that serves as a comunication to another animal of the same species is called

a pheromome

Learning in which and associated stimulus may be used to elicit the same behavioural response as the original sign stimulus is called

classical conditioning

Feeding behavior with a high energy intake-to-expindenture ratio is called

optimal foraging

Imagine that you are designing an experiment aimed at determining whether the initiation of migratory behavior is largely under genetic control. Of the following options, the best way to proceed is to

perform within-population matings with birds from different populations that have different migratory habits. Rear the offspring in the absence of their parents and observe the migratory behavior of offspring

You discover a rare new bird species, but you are unable to observe its mating behavior. You see that the male is large and ornamental compared with the female. On this basis, you can probably conclude that the species is

polygamous

A stickleback fish will attack a fish model as long as the model has red coloring. what animal behaviour idea is manifested by this observation

sign stimulus

The color of throats of males in a population of side-blotched lizards is determined by

the success of the mating behavior o each of the throat color phenotypes.