Instinct, Tagging, Conditioning and Imitating

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Explain how Toucan bird adapts themselves to overcome the competition for food in the rainforests. [2 MARKS]

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Colostrum, the yellowish fluid, secreted by the mother during the initial days of lactation is very essential to impart immunity to newborn infants because it contains?

1. Natural killer cells

2. Monocytes

3. Macrophages

4. Immunoglobulin A

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Change The Gender Of Tiger

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Differentiate between ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds. What are the important uses of ultrasounds?

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Barnacles growing on the back of whale is an example of _____________ .

1. mutualism

2. parasitism

3. amensalism

4. commensalism

Q. Explain what migration means. [3 MARKS]

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In usability tests, we test the interfaces usability. (1) True (2) False.

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________ testing validates the value delivered by an application. (1) User acceptance (2) Usability (3) Showcases (4) All of the options.

Q. Which of the following are types of animal behaviour?

1. Instinct
2. Imprinting
3. Conditioning
4. Imitation

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How do ants identify sweets kept in a tin?

Q. Which of the following is not an example of reflex action?

1. Blinking of eyes
2. Sudden jerky withdrawal of hand or leg when pricked by a pin.
3. Dilating of pupil when light falls on it
4. Coughing when some irritant enters the nasal cavity

Q. Spinning of web by spiders is an instinctual behaviour. Why?

1. They are born with the knowledge of spinning webs.
2. They learn to spin web from their mother.
3. Spiders spinning web is a reflex action.
4. They copy web spinning from other animals.

Q. What is instinct behaviour? Give examples.

Q. Ivan Pavlov used to ring a bell every time he fed a dog. On smelling the food, the dog produced saliva. Later on, the dog produced saliva when the bell was rung even without noticing the food. In this case, what is the stimulus that creates a conditioned response?

1. Food
2. Bell
3. Salivation
4. Smell

Q. Which among the following is an internal stimulus?

1. Smell
2. Sound
3. Hunger
4. Weather

Q. Birds making nest is an example of ________ animal behaviour.

1. instinct
2. imprinting
3. conditioning
4. imitation

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Is adaptive ability inherited?

Q. An animal's reaction to a stimulus is called and is an example of .

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How do bats find their prey in the dark?

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Which of the things in the following list are non-living?

Plough, Mushroom, Sewing Machine, Radio, Boat, Water Hyacinth, Earthworm

Q. Which of the following is/are true with regard to instinct and conditioning?

1. Instinct and conditioning are types of behaviours.
2. Conditioning is a learned behaviour but instinct is not.
3. Reflex action is a conditioned response.
4. Birds building nest is an example of conditioning.

Q. Which of the following is an unconditioned response?

1. Sweating
2. Blinking
3. Salivation
4. Fear

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Colostrum is very essential to impart immunity to the newborn infants because it contains

1. Immunoglobulin A

2. Natural killer cells

3. Monocytes

4. Macrophages

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Lysozyme is found in

1. Tears

2. Saliva

3. Mitochondria

4. Both A and B

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Write a short note on the characteristics of Beard ape? [5 MARKS]

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Write a short note on immunization.

Q. What do you mean by reflex action? Give 2 examples of reflex action

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Which of the following is an analogous organ of thorn?

1. Tendril

2. Spine

3. Flower

4. Leaf

Q. Behaviour of animals is affected by external stimuli only.

1. True
2. False

Q. Ivan Pavlov's experiments on dogs showed _______ type of animal behaviour.

1. imprinting
2. instinct
3. conditioning
4. imitation