Zool 324: Animal Behaviour Question Paper
Zool 324: Animal Behaviour
Course:Bachelor Science In Environmental Science
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
COURSE CODE: ZOOL 324
COURSE TITLE: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
STREAM: SESSION III
DAY: THURSDAY
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 P.M.
DATE: 26/11/2009
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer All the questions in SECTION (A) and any two (2) questions in SECTION (B)
SECTION (A) (40 Marks)
1. Explain how you can identify instinctive behaviour (5Marks)
2. Differentiate between;
(a) precocial amd Altricicial (2 Marks)
(b) Filial imprinting and sexual imprinting (2 Marks)
(c) Infanticide and sneaky copulation (4 Marks)
3. Describe the principles of communication (7 Marks)
4. Discuss the costs and benefits of territorialism (7 Marks)
5. Describe methods by which animals learn. (6Marks)
6. Describe mechanisms that may show intelligence in an animal (7Marks)
SECTION (B) (30 MARKS)
7. Describe life in a honey bee Apis mellifera Colony (15Marks)
8. What are the costs and benefits of sexual and asexual reproduction? (15Marks)
9. Discuss the mating systems in animals (15Marks)
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