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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