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Behavioural adaptations in social animals: JAMB Biology Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Behavioural adaptations in social animals

Our summary: Castes in social insects and behaviour such as basking, territory and surviving bad seasons.

  • Behavioural adaptations in social animals

Objectives

  • Differentiate various castes in social insects like termites and their functions in their colony hive.
  • Account for basking in lizards, territorial behaviour of other animals under unfavourable conditions (hibernation and aestivation).

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JAMB Biology questions on Behavioural adaptations in social animals

  1. JAMB 2024One of the following is a courtship behaviour in animals
  2. JAMB 2024Which of the following conditions causes aestivation in animals?
  3. JAMB 2024The organisms that adopt swarming as an adaptation to overcome overcrowding are
  4. JAMB 2023Which of the following is an example of a behavioral adaptation for survival in animals?
  5. JAMB 2023Which of the following is an example of an adaptation for survival in social insects?
  6. JAMB 2023Which of the following statements best describes courtship behaviors in animals?
  7. JAMB 2022The display of male agama lizard is to?
  8. JAMB 2021When the original king and queen of termites die, they are replaced by
  9. JAMB 2020The only caste in the termite colony whose members can feed themselves are the
  10. JAMB 2019The period of inactivity seen in some animals during long period of heat or drought is
  11. JAMB 2019Which of the following is a behavioural adaptation that protects prey from predators?
  12. JAMB 2019Animals are said to gregarious when
  13. JAMB 2018Physiological adaptation to very dry conditions in animal demonstrates
  14. JAMB 2016Which of the following pairs are social insects?
  15. JAMB 2016The adaptive importance of the nuptial flight from termite colonies is to
  16. JAMB 2013The behavioural adaptation in social insects could best be described as
  17. JAMB 2012The basking of Agama lizards in the sun is to
  18. JAMB 2012The significance of a very large number of termites involved in nuptial swarming is to
  19. JAMB 2011The function of the red head in male Agama lizards is to
  20. JAMB 2011The adaptive importance of nuptial flight from termite colonies is to
  21. JAMB 2010The main distinguishing features between the soldier termite and other members of the caste are the?

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