AP Biology – Ms. Whipple
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Campbell Biology Unit 5 Animals
Chapter 51 & 40: Animal Behavior, Form & Function
Please answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
1. The study of the natural history of animal behavior is
A)
etiology
C)
B)
psychology
D)
2. An example of associative learning would be
A)
classical conditioning
B)
operant conditioning
C)
D)
ethology
parapsychology
Pavlovian conditioning
all of the above
3. Which of the following is an example of a question about the ultimate causation of a
behavior?
A)
What muscles are involved when a hummingbird hovers over a flower?
B)
When is the critical period for imprinting in young goats?
C)
Which hormones must be present at what levels to make a female lizard
receptive to male courtship?
D)
all of the above
E)
none of the above
4. Which of the following involves trial-and-error learning?
A)
habituation
D)
B)
classical conditioning
E)
C)
sensitization
operant conditioning
all of the above
5. Human behavior, like other mammalian behavior, is determined
A)
strictly by the genes
B)
strictly by learning from environment
C)
by a mixture of genes and learning from environment
D)
none of the above
6. Learning to not respond to a stimulus is called
A)
imprinting
B)
sensitization
C)
kinesis
D)
E)
habituation
taxis
7. A goose retrieving a stray egg and rolling it back into its nest is an example of
A)
instinctive behavior
D)
learning preparedness
B)
operant conditioning
E)
kinesis
C)
associative behavior
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8. A "Skinner box" is used for experiments in
A)
classical conditioning
B)
operant conditioning
C)
migration
D)
E)
taxis
aggression
9. Chemical signals between individuals of the same species are called
A)
endogenous
D)
dewlaps
B)
hormones
E)
pheromones
C)
kineses
10. A sensitive phase and critical period are associated with what type of behavior?
A)
cognitive
D)
imprinting
B)
kinesis
E)
conspecific
C)
taxis
11. Circadian rhythms are based on approximately a
A)
2-hour period
B)
24-hour period
C)
7-day period
D)
E)
30-day period
365-day period
12. Nonoriented changes in activity level or movement are called
A)
exogenous
D)
migration
B)
taxis
E)
conspecific
C)
kinesis
13. How is the distance to a food source communicated by a dancing honeybee?
A)
by the direction it waggles its abdomen
B)
by how far it moves during the straight run portion of the dance
C)
by which direction it turns after making the straight run
D)
by the tempo or degree of vigor of the dance
E)
none of the above - bees can't communicate the distance
14. Dog salivating at the sound of a can opener.
A)
classical conditioning
B)
fixed-action pattern
C)
habituation
D)
E)
operant conditioning
imprinting
15. Humans ignoring night sounds while asleep.
A)
classical conditioning
B)
fixed-action pattern
C)
habituation
D)
E)
operant conditioning
imprinting
16. A goose retrieves eggs that have rolled out of the nest with a stereotyped movement.
A)
classical conditioning
D)
operant conditioning
B)
fixed-action pattern
E)
imprinting
C)
habituation
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17. A rat in a box learns to associate pressing a lever with obtaining food.
A)
classical conditioning
D)
operant conditioning
B)
fixed-action pattern
E)
imprinting
C)
habituation
18. Courtship behaviors in animals involve all of the following except:
A)
visual cues
B)
acoustic signals
C)
chemical signals
D)
auditory cues
E)
all of the above are involved in courtship behaviors
19. The most obvious circadian rhythm in humans is the menstrual cycle.
A)
True
B)
False
20. neurons and flail cells, which help nourish, insulate, and replenish neurons
a. connective tissues
c. nervous tissue
b. regulators
d. What is a tissue?
21. very thin and branched. composed of collagen and continuous with collagenous fibers
they form a tightly woven fabric that joins connective tissue to adjacent tissues
a. regulators
c. elastic
b. regulator
d. reticular fibers
22. process by which animals maintain an internal temperature within a tolerable range.
a. thermoregulation
c. regulator
b. acclimatization
d. regulators
23. Compared with a smaller cell, a larger cell of the same shape has
a. a. less surface area.
b. b. less surface area per unit of volume
c. c. the same surface to volume ratio
d. d. a smaller average distance between t mitochondria and the external source of
oxygen
e. e. a smaller cytoplasm to nucleus ratio
24. What is the role of hypothalamus in temperature regulation
a. groups of cells similar in appearance and a common function
b. a group of similar tissues that perform a function together
c. group of nerve cells that functions as a thermostat responding to body
temperatures outside a normal range by activating mechanisms that promote heat
loss/gain.
d. triggers mechanisms that amplify rather than diminish the stimulus
25. Which of the following secrete the protein ingredients of the extracellular fibers
a. fibroblasts
c. macrophages
b. cuboidal
d. elastic
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26. cells that roam the maze of fibers, engulfing both foreign particles and the debris of dead
cells by phagocytosis
a. collagenous
c. exothermy
b. fibroblasts
d. macrophages
27. The epithelium best adapted for a body surface subject to abrasions is
a. simple squamous
d. stratified columnar
b. simple cuboidal
e. stratified squamous
c. simple columnar.
28. Which refers to maintaining a variable at a near or particular value
a. elastic
c. set point
b. torpor
d. squamous
29. This uses internal control mechanisms to regulate internal change with external
fluctuation
a. squamous
c. regulator
b. regulators
d. elastic
30. The organs of vertebrates are suspended in the thoracic cavity by this type of tissue.
a. striated
c. fibroblast
b. haversian
d. mesenteries
31. endothermy → gain most heat from external sources
a. True
b. False
32. stratified epithelium → multiple tiers of cells
a. True
b. False
33. elastic → metabolic rate of a fasting non stressed ectotherm at rest at a particular
temperature
a. True
b. False
34. triggers mechanisms that amplify rather than diminish the stimulus → negative feedback
a. True
b. False
35. gain most heat from external sources → exothermy
a. True
b. False
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