AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -That’s because owls are always awake and active when the sun is down. This is called nocturnal behavior, and it’s common among many animals. They become more active at night to hunt, mate, or avoid heat and predators.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Being nocturnal is a behavioral adaptation. A behavioral adaptation is an action an animal performs that makes it better suited for its environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Owls (Strigiformes) evolved specific adaptations to their nocturnal predatory lifestyle, such as asymmetrical ears, a facial disk, and a feather structure allowing silent flight.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nocturnality is a form of crypsis, an adaptation to avoid or enhance predation. Although lions are cathemeral, and may be active at any time of day or night, they prefer to hunt at night because many of their prey species (zebra, antelope, impala, wildebeest, etc.) have poor night vision.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nocturnal animals are animals that are active during the night and sleep during the day. Animals that are active during the day and sleep at night, are known as diurnal-the opposite of nocturnal. Nocturnal animals tend to have heightened senses due to their activity in the dark.