Animal Behavior
The way an organism reacts to changes in its internal conditions or external environment.
What is a behavior?
The behavior patterns related to how animals mate are called...
What are mating systems?
Parents spend multiple weeks/months/years with their offspring
What is reproductive strategies of mammals?
A response to a stimulus that is inborn and that an animal performs correctly the first time.
What is an instinct?
A chemical that is released by one animal that affects the behavior of another animal of the same species is called...
What is a pheromone?
Parents spend little to no time with their offspring
What is Parental investment of reptiles/amphibians
Animals spend a lot of their time doing what?
What is looking for either food or mates?
Sounds, scents, and body movements
What is animal communication?
Occurs when eggs are fertilized outside of a female's body
What is external fertilization?
Survival and reproduction
What is the goal of animal behaviors?
Occurs when eggs are fertilized inside a female's body
Internal Fertilization
What is migration?