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#Question id: 12113


In belding’s ground squirrels, it is mostly the females that behave altruistically by sounding alarm calls. What is the likely reason for this distinction?

#Section 4: Behavioural Ecology
  1. Males have smaller vocal cords and are less likely to make sounds.
  2. Females invest more in foraging and food stores, so they are more defensive.
  3. Females settle in the area in which they were born, so the calling females are warning kin.
  4. The sex ratio is biased.
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#Question id: 3487

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is true of innate behaviors?

A) Genes have very little influence on the expression of innate behaviors.

B) Innate behaviors tend to vary considerably among members of a population.

C) Innate behaviors are limited to invertebrate animals.

D) Innate behaviors are expressed in most individuals in a population across a wide range of environmental conditions.

E) Innate behaviors occur in invertebrates and some vertebrates but not in mammals.

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#Question id: 3488

#Section 2: Evolution

According to Hamiltonʹs rule,

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#Question id: 3489

#Section 2: Evolution

 In a bird species A, the male alone builds the nest, incubates the eggs and feeds the nestling. In bird species B, it is the female that does all that. In bird species C, both sexes contribute equally to the above activities. In species A and B, the uninvolved partner may fly away and mate again. Which sex among A, B and C is most likely to develop colorful plumage during breeding season?

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#Question id: 3491

#Section 2: Evolution

Some dogs love attention, and learns that if he barks, he gets attention. Which of the following might you use to describe this behavior?

A) The dog is displaying an instinctive fixed action pattern.

B) The dog is trying to protect its territory.

C) The dog has been classically conditioned.

D) The dog's behavior is a result of operant conditioning

E) The dog is displaying controlled by external stimuli

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#Question id: 3492

#Section 2: Evolution

A mother goat can recognize its own kid by smell, types of animal behavior

A) Operant conditioning

B) Learn behavior

C) Innate behavior

D)  Imprinting

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#Question id: 3493

#Section 2: Evolution

Which of the following is incorrect?