Section 1
The definition of social behavior
Where animals interact with other members of their species.
The central nervous system is made up of
The brain and the spine
An ecological niche is
The role an animal has within an ecosystem
Definition of obligate migrators
Obligate migrators must migrate or they will likely die
The name of the oldest known mammal, the name it says in the RG and what it was corrected to
The RG says basilodon, it is actually brasilodon
The language used for taxonomic names and why
Latin, because it is a dead language so the grammar does not change
Hormones are released by
Endocrine glands
Eusocial animals have this kind of system
Caste systems
What HIREC stands for
The names of the gay penguins in the RG
Sven and Magic
The definition of kin selection is
When animals act in a self-sacrificial way to help other members of their population.
The German term that translates to “time giver”
Zeitgeber
Definition of neoteny
The behaviors and physical traits of domesticated animals that resemble juveniles
How light pollution affects sea turtles
The name of the dog that can speak with buttons
Bunny
The purpose of a control group in a study is
To provide a baseline to see how the manipulation is affecting the animal
The training method that causes animals to learn the quickest
Positive reinforcement
Name an emotion that is high valence, low arousal
Calm, relaxed
The ability to use Earth’s magnetic field to migrate
Magnetoreception
The kind of litter male Australian jewel beetles think were females, and how the producers of that kind of litter responded
Brown beer bottles, the producers changed the design to be less attractive to the males
The names of all 4 fathers of ethology are
Charles Darwin, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas “Niko” Tinbergen, Karl von Frisch
What SCN stands for and where it is located
Suprachiasmatic nucleus, the mid brain
Difference between domestication and taming
Domestication is selectively breeding a whole species of animals to achieve outcomes that benefits humans. Taming is the process of making an animal tolerate humans.
Name the type of animal that has the shortest migration and the longest migration and their environments
Longest: Antelope, desert
Shortest: Dusky grouse, mountains
Name minimum two of Tinbergen’s Four Questions, but the more the better.
1. What caused the behavior?
2. How did the animal develop the behavior?
3. What is the function of the behavior?
4. Which other species evolved similar behaviors?