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Animal behaviour

Animal behaviour. Homework 2 – Monday . Learning Intentions I can give an example of an animal which respond to stimuli and give an explanation for the behaviour. Success Criteria I can explain, with the aid of examples, the difference between instinctive behaviour and learned behaviours.

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Animal behaviour

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  1. Animal behaviour

  2. Homework 2 – Monday

  3. Learning Intentions • I can give an example of an animal which respond to stimuli and give an explanation for the behaviour. Success Criteria • I can explain, with the aid of examples, the difference between instinctive behaviour and learned behaviours. • I can describe how an animal responds to a stimulus and give an explanation for the behaviour.

  4. Responding to the Environment What environmental factors would affect the behaviour of animals? Light, temperature, humidity

  5. Woodlice They eat leaves and so are Herbivores

  6. Choice chambers We need to design an experiment using a choice chamber that will tell us what conditions the woodlice prefer to live in.

  7. Experiment When several woodlice are inserted into a choice chamber they more around randomly. You can place one in the light and one in a dark environment to investigate what conditions they prefer.

  8. Experimental Report Title Aim Hypothesis Method (including diagram) Results table and graph Conclusion Evaluation

  9. (i) What is the advantage to the woodlice of gathering on the dark side of the choice chamber? • Woodlice are less likely to be spotted by predators. • Dark area more likely to be damper to prevent drying out • .

  10. ii) Describe how the choice chamber could be changed to study the response of woodlice to two different levels of humidity instead of different light intensities. Remove the black cover. Add silica gel/drying agent to one half of the choice chamber and wet cotton wool/paper towels to the other side

  11. In dry conditions, they loose water through their permeable skins and die Move to moisture Move away from light Protection- less easily seen by predators in dark

  12. Move away from light Protection- less easily seen by predators in dark

  13. More chance of finding food-they feed on bacteria which live in slightly acidic water Move to weak acid

  14. When do Fiddler crabs emerge from burrow to forage (low or high tide)?

  15. Emerge from burrow at low tide to forage What is the external trigger stimulus? What is the significance of this behaviour?

  16. Crab hunts for food when tide is out Less chance of being eaten by a fish when tide is out Tidal-occurs at the turn of the tide Fiddler crab Tide is influenced by the moon

  17. When does an owl hunt? What is the external trigger stimulus? What is the significance of this behaviour?

  18. Hunts at night Owl has a better chance of killing prey Circadian-every 24 hours Owl Onset of darkness

  19. When does a hedgehog hibernate? What is the external trigger stimulus? What is the significance of this behaviour?

  20. Hedgehog Hibernates in autumn Hedgehog can survive winter Annual –once a year Shorter daylengths

  21. When does a swallow migrate from the UK? What is the external trigger stimulus? What is the significance of this behaviour?

  22. Swallow Migrates to warmer climate in autumn Better chance of finding food in warmer climate Annual –once a year Shorter daylengths

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