Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780077680992
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Human is a social animal. He lives in a society with other persons and organisms. Due to this fact, he develops a way, or an attitude or thinking of a particular person or group of persons and he reacts to him/her accordingly. This way or attitude in which a person acts of others or towards himself or towards others is called his behavior.

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The correct answer is the question - How do alarm calls affect prairie dog fitness? Therefore option c. is correct.

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Behavior of a person depends on many factors like the interaction, attitude of others, fondness and some other factors. If a particular person or any organism has a threat from other person or organism or has a liking for some or the person or thing or any organism he or she develops a protective and a restrictive behavior for that particular person or organism.

Option c. is given as “How do alarm calls affect prairie dog fitness?”.

As, “the question - How do alarm calls affect prairie dog fitness? highlight the behavior and the relation of alarm and the prairie dog”, is the right answer.

Hence, option c. is correct.

Reasons for the incorrect statements:

Option a. is given as “How does a squid alter its color to blend in with its environment?”

This question enquires and gives a hint about the process not about a behavior. So, it is a wrong answer.

Option b. is given as “How does a hummingbird's body shape influence its ability to hover?”

This question depicts a process and is not related to behavior. So, it is a wrong answer.

Option d. is given as “Which cues do monarch butterflies use during migration?”

This question asks about the type of monarch butterflies and not about their behavior. So, it is a wrong answer.

Hence, options a., b., and d. are incorrect.

Conclusion

The behavior of an organism shows or tells about the way in which any person, animal or any organism gives response to any particular condition.

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Which of the following questions is most closely associated with anultimate cause of a behavior?a. How does a squid alter its color to blend in with its environment?b. How does a hummingbird’s body shape influence its ability tohover?c. How do alarm calls affect prairie dog fitness?d. Which cues do monarch butterflies use during migration?
Which research question does not refer to proximate causes of behavior?   a.) How do rhesus macaques find their food? b.) how do pigeons that are experimentally displaced find their way back to their home loft? c.) How does dispersal affect the survival of Belding's ground squirrels? d.) Do mother goats learn the odor of their offspring? e.) How do hummingbirds “know” when it is time to return to their overwintering grounds?
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