Behaviors Guide 7
This guide introduces a wide variety of animal behaviors.
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Behaviors Guide Contents
Complete all four of these sections before taking the quiz and submitting your two journal pages.
Guide 7 Behaviors Objectives
This guide’s quiz has four questions; one matching each objective.
Innate & Learned
Explain what an innate behavior is and provide specific examples of genetically determined behaviors; explain what a learned behavior is and provide specific examples of behaviors altered by experiences; and provide examples of storytelling in science, and select a form of story that you are most likely to learn from over time.
Reproduction
Summarize how sexual reproduction impacts variation, the problems associated with successfully reproducing, and the relationship of reproduction to fitness; provide examples of both simple and elaborate animal mating behaviors, and the potential advantages and disadvantages of each; and explain how animals may compete with other members of their sex within their species.
Social Behaviors
Grid the possible impacts of social behaviors on the actor and recipient of the behaviors; compare and contrast forms of communication, including advantages and disadvantages of each; and provide examples of eusocial species, including the roles individuals play in these societies.
Seasonal Change
Explain how genetics and experience relate to migratory behaviors in various species; describe how seasonal changes lead to aestivation and hibernation behaviors; and provide examples of how citizen science impacts the acquisition of new knowledge.
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