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Which best contrasts flocking and schooling?

A
Flocking provides aerodynamic efficiency and schooling provides hydrodynamic efficiency.
B
Flocking provides aerodynamic efficiency and schooling provides foraging benefits.
C
Flocking provides reproductive benefits and schooling provides foraging benefits.
D
Flocking provides protection and schooling provides hydrodynamic efficiency.
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What are three benefits of social behavior?

A
competition, reproduction, division of labor
B
protection, foraging, disease
C
division of labor, protection, foraging
D
foraging, competition, reproduction
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Which is an example of adaptive social behavior?

A
Birds help take care of each other's young to increase their chances of survival, and the behavior is passed on to offspring.
B
A male deer tries mating with a female and is chased off by another male, but the original male finds another mate.
C
The grass that a rabbit usually eats is hard to find one season, but the rabbit finds another temporary food source.
D
Frogs and their young have coloration that enables them blend in to their environment so they can sneak up on prey.
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Which groups of animals participate in adaptive social behavior?

A
fish, cheetahs, wolves
B
moose, cheetahs, bears
C
wolves, fish, ants
D
ants, moose, bears
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Which best compares animal behavior and social behavior?

A
Social behavior can be passed on to offspring but animal behavior cannot.
B
Animal behavior can be passed on to offspring but social behavior cannot.
C
Animal behavior is a form of social behavior among members of the same species.
D
Social behavior is a form of animal behavior among members of the same species.
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Which are some characteristics of adaptive social behavior? Choose correct three answers.

A
is determined by natural selection
B
is not usually passed onto offspring
C
occurs among members of the same species
D
increases an animal's likelihood of reproducing
E
does not usually help an animal survive
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Which scenario would most likely result in cooperative hunting?

A
A shark eats a certain kind of fish, and the fish swim together when the shark comes close.
B
Finches eat grass seeds, but grass seeds are not found in an area during winter months.
C
Wolves eat rabbits, and the number of rabbits in an area is low.
D
Lions eat zebra, and there are a lot of zebra and lions living in an area.
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Which is an example of foraging as a benefit of social behavior?

A
A blue jay eats birdseed from a bird feeder.
B
Worker bees build a nest and the queen bee lays eggs.
C
A male chimpanzee mates with several different females.
D
Three lions hunt and capture a zebra.

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