Social Interactions Social Hierarchies Sensory Reception & Communication Feeding Behavior Torpor
100
What is half-brain sleep?
Birds can remain partly conscious during sleep because of this.
100
What is a matriarchal hierarchy?
Female is dominant
100
What is some form of unambiguous communication?
This must exist for an effective organization to exist in a population that maintains social groups.
100
What are birds or mammals?
Members of this group of vertebrates are known to bring food to their young.
100
What is hibernation?
Greatly reducing body temperature and metabolism for a prolonged period, especially during winter.
200
What is a division of labor?
Individuals have different roles in a group.
200
What is a patriarchal hierarchy?
Male is dominant
200
What is a non-pheromone?
A chemical signal that influences the behavior of another.
200
What are twigs?
New Caledonian crows might use these to search for insects.
200
What are birds?
Hibernation is rare among this group of vertebrates.
300
What is mobbing behavior?
Individuals will chase away a predator.
300
What is a dominant individual?
Have access to better food in a group
300
What is a critical song-learning period?
Young birds are sensitive to the song of their species.
300
What is the low availability of food?
This is the main ecological factor favoring cannibalism.
300
What is estivation?
This is a state of dormancy during periods of great environmental stress, often without greatly reducing the metabolism.
400
What is either eye?
Expected eye to be open when sleeping for a bird in the center position of a group.
400
What is ritualized aggression?
Aggression that rarely results in injury.
400
What is ultrasonic echolocation?
Bats are the only mammals known to use this as the principal means of locating prey.
400
What are alligators and crocodiles?
This group of vertebrates have been known to use twigs and sticks to attract nest-building birds, which they then eat.
400
What are ectotherms?
A hibernaculum is what these types of terrestrial vertebrates seek out to survive the winter.
500
What is a reduced likelihood of becoming lunch?
Helps an individual in a group when a predator attacks.
500
What is enhanced social knowledge?
Elephants have been shown to have higher fitness when they possess this.
500
What is the ability to move small facial and ear muscles?
Vision is important in mammals because of this quality of the head.
500
What is a communal activity?
In mammals with highly social societies, feeding is a _____ activity.
500
What are semidormant hibernators?
Will have dormant periods during winter, but the body temperature may not reduce very much and/or the metabolism doesn't reduce very much.






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