Assignment
Animal Behaviour
1. Give definition of the following
a) Sign stimuli
b) Ethology
c) Orientation
d) Packing order
e) Spatial
orientation
f) Zeitgeber
g) Circalunar
h) Ultradian
i) Innate behaviour
j) Inclusive fitness
k) Semiochemical
l) Fatigue
m) Schooling
n) Akinesis
o) Doppler shift
2. Expand the following
a) FAP
b) 9-ODA
c) 9-HDA
d) PTTH
e) JH
f) ESS
3. Differentiate between
a) Instrumental and conditional
reflex
b) Kinesis and taxis
c) Primary and secondary
orientation
d) Learning and habituation
e) Hormone and pheromone
f) Forager bee and hive bee
4. Write the contribution of the following
a) Oscar Heinroth
b) Konard Lorenz
c) Niko Tinbergen
d) Whitman
e) Karl Von Frisch
f) Ivan Pavlov
g) Hemilton
h) Sherington
5. Write short notes
a) Sun compass orientation
b) Klinotexix
c) Migration behaviour in fish
d) Social organization in mammals
e) Caste differentiation and switch
over in honey bee
f) Kasper house experiment
g) Foraging behaviour in honey bee
6. Answer the following questions
a) Describe what is meant by a reflex action with a suitable example and explain why
reflexes are advantageous.
b) With suitable diagram explain the bee communication? How waggle and round
dances are associated with communication?
c) Discuss in detail about parental care in fishes, amphibian, and birds.
d) How birds migrate? Discuss about various types of migration in birds.
e) Describe the advantages of innate and learned behaviour in different animals with
suitable examples.
f) “In many animal species, the male is the showier sex.” Discuss this statement in
relation to sexual behaviour. Use examples of named animal species to illustrate
your answer.
g) What is altruism and kin-selection behaviour? Describe with suitable example, how
these behaviour are important in evolutionary aspects.
h) Discuss about various biological cycles in brief.
