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18 Cards in this Set
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ethology |
STUDY ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOR |
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behavior
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AN ANIMALS RESPONSE TO SENSORY INPUT |
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2 distinct categories of behavior INNATE... |
inherited; produces an automatic an consistent response to a stimulus |
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LEARNED.... |
NOT inherited; tends to change or improve w/ experience or repeated exposure to stimulus |
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4 types of innate behavior KINESIS.... |
orientation behavior, animal changes its speed of movement but not direction |
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KINESIS POSITIVE KINESIS NEGATIVE |
if animal slows down in response to a stimulus; enables animal to stay close to stimulus enables animal to move quickly away from stimulus |
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TAXIS |
which on animal is either attached to (positive) or repelled (negative) |
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF TAXIS PHOTOTAXIS.... |
movement toward or away from light |
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Rheotaxis.... |
movement into or away from a current |
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Chemotaxis |
movement toward or away from a chemical source |
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Thermotaxis.... |
movement toward or away from heat |
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Gravitaxis.... |
movement toward or away from the force of gravity |
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Hydrotaxis |
movement toward or away from water |
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Reflexes.... |
involve rapid, stereotyped movement of the body or body part rather than the orientation of the entire body |
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Fixed Action Patterns |
releaser causes the F.A.P. (hehehe) |
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EFFECTS OF POLLUTION POLLUTANTS.... |
substances added to the environment, particularly by human activities leads to undesirable effects of all living things |
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Eutrophication.... |
bodies of water undergo a natural enrichment process leads to overgrowth than can cause eventual filling in and disappearance of a pond or lake |
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CULTURAL EUTROPHICATION.... |
human activities that add an excess of nutrients to bodies of water |
