Biological Science

Chapter 47: Behavior

Figure Review

This is an on-line version of the green Figure Review questions and exercises included with many of the figures in your textbook. Each question includes the figure number from the book to help you complete the requested task. Use this version to quickly and easily submit your work to your instructor or teaching assistant.

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Figure 47.3
In the second step, why did the researchers inject the eggs in the control group?  

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Figure 47.8
In addition to changes in foraging behavior, what other traits might change in response to selection for the ability to survive and reproduce in low- and high-density populations? How would you test your hypotheses?  

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Figure 47.10
One of the females intervening on the infant's behalf is presumably its mother. Why would the other female help her in such a dangerous situation? What data would you gather to test your hypothesis?  

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Figure 47.11
The researcher who gathered these data is not sure why prairie dogs are so unlikely to give alarm calls when parents or siblings are close by. Generate a hypothesis to explain the observation. How would you test your hypothesis?  

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Figure 47.13
The text claims that the two trees are "remarkably similar." Do you agree?  

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