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Animal Behavior, Twelfth Edition
u u u
John Alcock, Linda Green, Paul Nolan, Stefanie Siller, and Dustin Rubenstein
u u u u u u u u u u
Chapteru1:uAnuIntroductionutouAnimaluBehavior
MultipleuChoiceuQuestions
1. “Ifufemaleulizardsuwithureddishuthroatsuproduceumoreueggsuthanufemalesuwithuorangishuthroats,ut
henutheureddishuthroatuisuanuevolveduadaptation.”uThisustatement
a. isutrue,ubecauseuthisuspeciesuhasuvariation,uaucriticalurequirementuforutheuevolutionuofua
daptationsubyunaturaluselection.
b. isufalse,ubecauseufemalesuwithuorangishuthroatsucouldustilluhaveumoreuoffspringuthatuliveutour
eproduceuthanufemalesuwithureddishuthroats.
c. isufalse,ubecauseuthereuisunouguaranteeuthatufemalesuwithureddishuthroatsuareutheubestuforutheul
ong-termupreservationuofuthisuspecies.
d. couldubeutrueuorufalse,ubecauseuweucannotutelluwithoutuknowinguwhetherureddishufemalesuo
utnumberuorangishufemalesuinuthisuspecies.
Answer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
2. Theustatementu“Lemmingsudisperseufromuareasuofuhighupopulationudensityubecauseutheyui
nheriteduthisuabilityufromuaulemming-likeuancestoruinutheupast”uisuauhypothesisuabout
a. evolvedufunction.
b. geneticsuandudevelopment.
c. evolutionaryuhistory.
d. adaptiveuvalue.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
3. Theuinfanticideuhypothesis,uwhichupositsuthatuinfanticideuisuaureproduction-
enhancingutacticupracticedubyumales,uisucalleduauhypothesisubecauseuit
a. canubeuproven.
b. isuanuexplanationubaseduonulimiteduevidenceuthatucanubeutested.
c. isumutuallyuexclusiveutouanyuotherupotentialuexplanations.
d. isuaubasicuprincipleuthatucanubeuapplieduwidely.u
Answer:ub
,LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
4. InuorderuforuDarwinianunaturaluselectionutoucauseuevolutionaryuchange,uaupopulationumustuc
ontainuindividualsuthatudifferuhereditarilyuinusomeucharacteristicubecause
a. inuaupopulationuwithoututhisukinduofuvariation,utheuspeciesuisudoomedutouextinction.
b. whenualluindividualsuhaveutheusameugenes,uthenualluindividualsuareuexactlyualikeuinuallurespects.
c. uniformupopulationsuareuevolutionaryudeaduends.
d. unlessuthereuisuvariationuofuthisusort,uparentsucannotupassuonutheiruadvantageousuattributesutout
heiruoffspring.
Answer:ud
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
5. Weuobserveuvariationuinuaupopulationuofulizarduwithurespectutouhowufastuindividualsucanurun.uW
euattemptutouselectuforutheuabilityutourunuslowly,unotuquickly.uAfterusixugenerationsuofuselectiveubre
edinguofuonlyutheuslowestuwithutheuslowest,utheumeanurunninguspeeduofutheulizardsuhasunotuchange
d.uWhatuisutheuappropriateuscientificuconclusionubaseduonuthisuwork?
a. Afterusixugenerationsuofuartificialuselection,utheufrequencyuofuslowurunnersuinutheupopulationuhasur
emaineduunchanged.
b. Afterusixugenerationsuofuartificialuselection,utheufrequencyuofuslowurunnersuinutheupopulationuhasui
ncreased.
c. Theudifferencesubetweenutheulizardsuinurunninguspeeduinutheuoriginalupopulationuwereunotuc
ausedubyugeneticudifferencesuamonguthem.
d. Theuresultsuareuinvalidubecauseutheuresearchersufailedutoumaintainuenoughuvariationuinurunningus
peeduinutheiruselectedulineage,usouevolutionaryuchangeuwasuimpossible.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
6. Weuobserveuaufroguthatucarriesuitsubabiesuonuitsubackuawayufromuwhereutheueggsuhatched.uHereua
reutwouquestionsuaboututhisuobservation:
X.uDoesutheufrogudouthisutoumoveutheubabiesutouauplaceuwhereutheyuwillubeusaferuandumoreulikelyutousurviv
e?
Y.uDoesutheufroguhaveuspecificumorphologicalutraitsuthatuenableuitutouholduandutransferuitsubabiesuinuth
isuway?
Whichuofutheutwouisuauproximateuquestion?
a. X,ubecauseuituconsidersutheuadaptiveuvalueuorufunctionuofutheutrait
b. Y,ubecauseuituasksuaboututheudevelopmentalumechanismsuthatuinfluenceutheucomponentsuofutheua
nimal
,c. BothuXuanduY,ubecauseutheyulookuatutheuimmediateuandumechanisticucausesuofutheubehavior
d. NeitheruXuoruY,ubecauseutheyubothutakeuanuadaptiveuoruevolutionaryuapproachutoulookuatutheuu
ltimateucausesuofutheubehavior
Answer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
7. Weuobserveuaufroguthatucarriesuitsubabiesuonuitsubackuawayufromuwhereutheueggsuhatched.uHereua
reutwouquestionsuaboututhisuobservation:
X.uDoesutheufrogudouthisutoumoveutheubabiesutouauplaceuwhereutheyuwillubeusaferuandumoreulikelyutousurviv
e?
Y.uDoesutheufroguhaveuspecificumorphologicalutraitsuthatuenableuitutouholduandutransferuitsubabiesuinuth
isuway?
Whichuofutheutwouisuanuultimateuquestion?
a. X,ubecauseuituconsidersutheuadaptiveuvalueuorufunctionuofutheutrait
b. Y,ubecauseuituasksuaboututheudevelopmentalumechanismsuthatuinfluenceutheucomponentsuofutheua
nimal
c. BothuXuanduY,ubecauseutheyulookuatutheuimmediateuandumechanisticucausesuofutheubehavior
d. NeitheruXuoruY,ubecauseutheyubothutakeuanuadaptiveuoruevolutionaryuapproachutoulookuatutheuu
ltimateucausesuofutheubehavior
Answer:ua
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
8. WhichuisuanuexampleuofuauDarwinianupuzzle?
a. Salmonucanusmelluaufewumoleculesuofuchemicalsuinutheustreamuinuwhichutheyuwereuborn.
b. Adultubirdsuscreamuinupainuwhenucaughtubyuaupredator.
c. Ifutwouoruevenuthreeueggsuareuaddedutouaubird’sunest,utheuadultubirdsuoftenucanurearuthemus
uccessfullyualonguwithutheiruownuchicks.
d. Batsucanucatchumothsuinucompleteudarknessuthanksutoutheiruabilityutouhearuechoesufromutheiruo
wnucries.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
9. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
, Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Malesusingutouprovideuaccurateuinformationutoumate
suaboututheiruphysicalucondition”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ud
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
10. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Malesuthatureceiveuau‘careupackage’uofuextraufooduth
eudayubeforeushoulduproduceumoreusongsuduringutheudawnuhouruthanuthoseuthatudounotureceiveusuppl
ementalufood”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
11. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Whatuisutheuevolvedufunctionuofutheupatternuofusong
uproductionubyutheusongusparrow?”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ua
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
12. Ifuanuadaptationuisutheuproductuofunaturaluselection,utheutraituwill
a. provideuaunetureproductiveugainuforuindividualsuthatupossessutheuattribute.
touaccompany
Animal Behavior, Twelfth Edition
u u u
John Alcock, Linda Green, Paul Nolan, Stefanie Siller, and Dustin Rubenstein
u u u u u u u u u u
Chapteru1:uAnuIntroductionutouAnimaluBehavior
MultipleuChoiceuQuestions
1. “Ifufemaleulizardsuwithureddishuthroatsuproduceumoreueggsuthanufemalesuwithuorangishuthroats,ut
henutheureddishuthroatuisuanuevolveduadaptation.”uThisustatement
a. isutrue,ubecauseuthisuspeciesuhasuvariation,uaucriticalurequirementuforutheuevolutionuofua
daptationsubyunaturaluselection.
b. isufalse,ubecauseufemalesuwithuorangishuthroatsucouldustilluhaveumoreuoffspringuthatuliveutour
eproduceuthanufemalesuwithureddishuthroats.
c. isufalse,ubecauseuthereuisunouguaranteeuthatufemalesuwithureddishuthroatsuareutheubestuforutheul
ong-termupreservationuofuthisuspecies.
d. couldubeutrueuorufalse,ubecauseuweucannotutelluwithoutuknowinguwhetherureddishufemalesuo
utnumberuorangishufemalesuinuthisuspecies.
Answer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
2. Theustatementu“Lemmingsudisperseufromuareasuofuhighupopulationudensityubecauseutheyui
nheriteduthisuabilityufromuaulemming-likeuancestoruinutheupast”uisuauhypothesisuabout
a. evolvedufunction.
b. geneticsuandudevelopment.
c. evolutionaryuhistory.
d. adaptiveuvalue.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
3. Theuinfanticideuhypothesis,uwhichupositsuthatuinfanticideuisuaureproduction-
enhancingutacticupracticedubyumales,uisucalleduauhypothesisubecauseuit
a. canubeuproven.
b. isuanuexplanationubaseduonulimiteduevidenceuthatucanubeutested.
c. isumutuallyuexclusiveutouanyuotherupotentialuexplanations.
d. isuaubasicuprincipleuthatucanubeuapplieduwidely.u
Answer:ub
,LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
4. InuorderuforuDarwinianunaturaluselectionutoucauseuevolutionaryuchange,uaupopulationumustuc
ontainuindividualsuthatudifferuhereditarilyuinusomeucharacteristicubecause
a. inuaupopulationuwithoututhisukinduofuvariation,utheuspeciesuisudoomedutouextinction.
b. whenualluindividualsuhaveutheusameugenes,uthenualluindividualsuareuexactlyualikeuinuallurespects.
c. uniformupopulationsuareuevolutionaryudeaduends.
d. unlessuthereuisuvariationuofuthisusort,uparentsucannotupassuonutheiruadvantageousuattributesutout
heiruoffspring.
Answer:ud
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
5. Weuobserveuvariationuinuaupopulationuofulizarduwithurespectutouhowufastuindividualsucanurun.uW
euattemptutouselectuforutheuabilityutourunuslowly,unotuquickly.uAfterusixugenerationsuofuselectiveubre
edinguofuonlyutheuslowestuwithutheuslowest,utheumeanurunninguspeeduofutheulizardsuhasunotuchange
d.uWhatuisutheuappropriateuscientificuconclusionubaseduonuthisuwork?
a. Afterusixugenerationsuofuartificialuselection,utheufrequencyuofuslowurunnersuinutheupopulationuhasur
emaineduunchanged.
b. Afterusixugenerationsuofuartificialuselection,utheufrequencyuofuslowurunnersuinutheupopulationuhasui
ncreased.
c. Theudifferencesubetweenutheulizardsuinurunninguspeeduinutheuoriginalupopulationuwereunotuc
ausedubyugeneticudifferencesuamonguthem.
d. Theuresultsuareuinvalidubecauseutheuresearchersufailedutoumaintainuenoughuvariationuinurunningus
peeduinutheiruselectedulineage,usouevolutionaryuchangeuwasuimpossible.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.1uIdentifyutheuconditionsurequiredutouproduceuevolutionaryuchangeuthrough
unaturaluselectionuanduexamineutheseuconditionsuusingutheugene’sueyeuview.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
6. Weuobserveuaufroguthatucarriesuitsubabiesuonuitsubackuawayufromuwhereutheueggsuhatched.uHereua
reutwouquestionsuaboututhisuobservation:
X.uDoesutheufrogudouthisutoumoveutheubabiesutouauplaceuwhereutheyuwillubeusaferuandumoreulikelyutousurviv
e?
Y.uDoesutheufroguhaveuspecificumorphologicalutraitsuthatuenableuitutouholduandutransferuitsubabiesuinuth
isuway?
Whichuofutheutwouisuauproximateuquestion?
a. X,ubecauseuituconsidersutheuadaptiveuvalueuorufunctionuofutheutrait
b. Y,ubecauseuituasksuaboututheudevelopmentalumechanismsuthatuinfluenceutheucomponentsuofutheua
nimal
,c. BothuXuanduY,ubecauseutheyulookuatutheuimmediateuandumechanisticucausesuofutheubehavior
d. NeitheruXuoruY,ubecauseutheyubothutakeuanuadaptiveuoruevolutionaryuapproachutoulookuatutheuu
ltimateucausesuofutheubehavior
Answer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
7. Weuobserveuaufroguthatucarriesuitsubabiesuonuitsubackuawayufromuwhereutheueggsuhatched.uHereua
reutwouquestionsuaboututhisuobservation:
X.uDoesutheufrogudouthisutoumoveutheubabiesutouauplaceuwhereutheyuwillubeusaferuandumoreulikelyutousurviv
e?
Y.uDoesutheufroguhaveuspecificumorphologicalutraitsuthatuenableuitutouholduandutransferuitsubabiesuinuth
isuway?
Whichuofutheutwouisuanuultimateuquestion?
a. X,ubecauseuituconsidersutheuadaptiveuvalueuorufunctionuofutheutrait
b. Y,ubecauseuituasksuaboututheudevelopmentalumechanismsuthatuinfluenceutheucomponentsuofutheua
nimal
c. BothuXuanduY,ubecauseutheyulookuatutheuimmediateuandumechanisticucausesuofutheubehavior
d. NeitheruXuoruY,ubecauseutheyubothutakeuanuadaptiveuoruevolutionaryuapproachutoulookuatutheuu
ltimateucausesuofutheubehavior
Answer:ua
LearninguObjective:u1.1.3uConsideruhowuproximateuanduultimateulevelsuofuanalysisucanubeuusedutouprovi
deuanuintegrativeuunderstandinguofutheudevelopment,umechanism,uadaptiveuvalue,uanduevolutionaryuhist
oryuofuaubehavior.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
8. WhichuisuanuexampleuofuauDarwinianupuzzle?
a. Salmonucanusmelluaufewumoleculesuofuchemicalsuinutheustreamuinuwhichutheyuwereuborn.
b. Adultubirdsuscreamuinupainuwhenucaughtubyuaupredator.
c. Ifutwouoruevenuthreeueggsuareuaddedutouaubird’sunest,utheuadultubirdsuoftenucanurearuthemus
uccessfullyualonguwithutheiruownuchicks.
d. Batsucanucatchumothsuinucompleteudarknessuthanksutoutheiruabilityutouhearuechoesufromutheiruo
wnucries.
Answer:uc
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u2.uUnderstanding
9. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
, Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Malesusingutouprovideuaccurateuinformationutoumate
suaboututheiruphysicalucondition”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ud
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
10. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Malesuthatureceiveuau‘careupackage’uofuextraufooduth
eudayubeforeushoulduproduceumoreusongsuduringutheudawnuhouruthanuthoseuthatudounotureceiveusuppl
ementalufood”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ub
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
11. Considerutheufollowinguobservation:uMaleusongusparrowsusingumoreuatudawnuthanuduringuanyuo
therutimeutheuday.
Withuregardutouthisuobservation,utheustatementu“Whatuisutheuevolvedufunctionuofutheupatternuofusong
uproductionubyutheusongusparrow?”uisuanuexampleuof
a.uaucausaluquestion.
b. auprediction.
c. testuevidence.
d. auhypothesis.
uAnswer:ua
LearninguObjective:u1.1.2uReviewuhowuresearchersuuseutheuscientificumethodutoutestuhypothesesuan
dupredictionsurelatedutouaupotentiallyuadaptiveubehavioruinuorderutouconsideruitsufitnessucostsuanduben
efits,uevaluateuitsuadaptiveuvalue,uanduidentifyuwhyuituevolved.
Bloom’suLevel:u3.uApplying
12. Ifuanuadaptationuisutheuproductuofunaturaluselection,utheutraituwill
a. provideuaunetureproductiveugainuforuindividualsuthatupossessutheuattribute.
