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5. c
2. a

4. d
3. d
1. b
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 SECTION SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
27.4 Section Quiz
Animal Behavior
CHAPTER 27

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Living in a social group evolves in species in which the costs of living in a group
a. do not affect the risk of predation.
b. are outnumbered by the benefits.
c. depend on social hierarchies.
d. increase over time.

2. Behaviors animals use when interacting with members of their own or other
species are called
a. social behaviors.
b. inclusive fitness.
c. eusocial actions.
d. kin selections.

3. What is the term for the kind of behavior in which an animal reduces its own
fitness to help other members of its social group?
a. kinship
b. inclusive
c. eusocial
d. altruism

4. The total number of genes an animal and its relatives contribute to the next
generation is called its

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a. kin selection.
b. indirect fitness.
c. direct kinship.
d. inclusive fitness.

5. Eusocial species live in large groups in which most members do not

a. reciprocate.
b. live long.
c. reproduce.
d. communicate.

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