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Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

The study of animal behaviour under natural condition is called as

  1. Ethology

  2. Psychology

  3. Ornithology

  4. None of the above
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Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior under natural condition. It involves viewing animal behavior as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. The various behavior patterns are then classified and compared with those of other species, mostly with closely related species. Understanding ethology is important in animal training. Thus the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

In which of the following type of behaviour, females choose the male they will mate with?

  1. Courtship

  2. Instinctive

  3. Seasonal

  4. Learned
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Courtship is a kind of behaviour in which an animal attempts such actions so as to attract the opposite sex for mating. This type of behaviour includes ritualized movements like dancing, vocalizations, mechanical sound production or display of beauty. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Courtship.'

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

Which of these builds its hive on walls using mud?

  1. Wasp

  2. Spider

  3. Tailor bird

  4. Honey bee
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Mud Dauber or Mud wasp is the name applied to the number of species of family sphecidae or Crabronidae that built their nest from mud. It is built up by the female wasps by molding the mud by its mandibles. Mud daubers are generally not aggressive but may become hostile when threatened. 

So, the correct answer is 'Wasp'.

Multiple choice biology habits and habitats of some important animals behavioural science ethology animal behaviour

Mark the correct statement :

  1. The skull of baby chimpenzee is more like adult chimpenzee skull than adult human skull

  2. Firstly hominid features were revealed by homohabilis

  3. First human like being hominids are Australopithecus

  4. Domestication came before human settlements
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The skull of a baby chimpanzee is more similar to an adult chimpanzee's skull than an adult human's skull due to different growth trajectories and cranial development patterns.