AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Temperature, humidity, and toxins are some of the common environmental factors affecting insect behavior. Moths, for instance, show positive phototaxis, as they tend to fly towards the source of light.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reflexes. Perhaps the simplest example of an innate behavior is a reflex action: an involuntary and rapid response to a stimulus, or cue. One example of a human reflex action is the knee-jerk reflex. To test this reflex, a doctor taps the tendon below your kneecap with a rubber hammer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Innate behavior is genetically programmed. Individuals inherit a suite of behaviors (often called an ethogram) just as they inherit physical traits such as body color and wing venation. In general, innate behaviors will always be: Heritable-encoded in DNA and passed from generation to generation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Instinct, imprinting, conditioning, and imitation are the four types of animal behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -Moths are positively phototactic. The strength of the light also influences the movement of the wings of a phototactic insect. When the light from a distant source, for instance moonlight in equal intensity reaches both the eyes of an insect, it flies in a straight line with both the wings moving in the same way.