Behaviors Are Diverse and Important for Survival and Reproduction

question 20

Multiple Choice

Behaviors are diverse and important for survival and reproduction. Some behaviors are learned, such as the species-specific song of a yellow warbler that is different from the song of a blue-winged warbler. Other behaviors are innate, such as a female cat in heat urinating more often and in many places to attract a mate or the honeybees' "dance" that indicates the distance and direction of a food source when they return to their hive. Which of the following statements supports the idea that behaviors are important in survival and therefore affect natural selection?

• A) Learned behaviors always increase fitness.
• B) Innate behaviors are the result of selection for individual survival and reproductive success.
• C) All behaviors are survival mechanisms that increase reproductive fitness by increasing mutation rates.
• D) Both innate and learned behaviors are entirely based on genes inherited from parents.

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