Download Learning Guide: Ecology 1 Behavior

Learning Guide: Ecology 1 Behavior
Bill Activity #63
To Think About: Why do organisms behave in particular ways?
1st Learn About: Use text and Behavior prezi presentation to answer the following questions in your
BILL. Ch. 51: Animal Behavior Campbell’s Biology 9th edition
http://prezi.com/wt0jgzaklumd/ap-bio-ecology-1-behavior/
Questions to Answer:
1. How does organismal behavior demonstrate an emergent property of an organism’s physiology?
2. Explain the difference between proximate and ultimate explanations for a particular behavior.
3. Why does behavior require communication?
4. Explain the difference between innate and learned behaviors?
5. Are there any limitations on the complexity of innate behaviors? If so, what are they?
6. Are there any limitations on the complexity of learned behaviors? If so, what are they?
7. How can natural selection act on innate and learned behaviors?
8. Why would an organism behave in a way that reduces its individual fitness?
2nd Interact: Watch Mr. Andersen’s Information Exchange Video and fill in the video guide. DONE
3rd Interact: Watch Mr. Andersen’s Video Behavior and Natural Selection and take notes on it.
Make Sure You Understand/Can Explain:
 Proximate and ultimate explanations for all behaviors discussed in this presentation.
 The processes and mechanics of communication among all lineages discussed in this
presentation.
 The evolutionary explanation for the emergence of agonistic and altruistic behaviors.