Project # __: Animal Behavior Vocabulary
Due: __________
Directions: Tape this directions page and the vocabulary list in
in your Lab Journal. Use the directions below as a rubric to complete
your project:
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Copy the words on your project pages.
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Copy the definitions on your project pages.
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Create a drawing to illustrate the word.
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Color the drawing.
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Use the word in a sentence.
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5 points total/ word = 100 points for the total project.
There will be a vocabulary test over these words after the project is
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biological fitness = the ability to survive and reproduce
behavior = the way an organism reacts to changes in its internal condition or
external environment
stimulus = any kind of signal that carries information that can be detected
response = a specific reaction to a stimulus
pheromones = a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social
response in members of the same species
innate behavior = inborn behavior, instinct
learned behavior = acquired behaviors based on experience
habituation = process by which an animal decreases or stops its response to a
repetitive stimulus that neither rewards or harms the animal
classical conditioning = any time an animal makes a mental connection
between a stimulus and some kind of reward or punishment
operant conditioning = trial-and-error learning
insight learning = occurs when an animal applies something it has already
learned to a new situation without a period of trial-and-error; reasoning
Imprinting = rapid learning that occurs during a brief receptive period,
typically in early life, and that establishes a long-lasting behavioral response
to a specific individual, object, or category of stimuli, as attachment to a
parent or preference for a type of habitat.
mimicry = a protective resemblance
migration = periodic movement from one place to another and back again
circadian rhythm = behavioral cycles that occur in daily patterns
courtship = behavior that helps animals identify healthy mates
territory = a specific area occupied and protected by an animal or group of
animals
aggression = threatening behavior that one animal uses to gain control over
another
communication = the passing of information from one organism to another
language = a system of communication that combines sound, symbols, or
gestures according to sets of rules about word order and meaning, such as
grammar
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