Question

How does vertical and horizontal body movement affect how various animals move?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Animal locomotion, in ethology, is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another.[1] Some modes of locomotion are (initially) self-propelled, e.g., running, swimming, jumping, flying, hopping, soaring and gliding. There are also many animal species that depend on their environment for transportation, a type of mobility called passive locomotion, e.g., sailing (some jellyfish), kiting (spiders), rolling (some beetles and spiders) or riding other animals (phoresis).

Animals move for a variety of reasons, such as to find food, a mate, a suitable microhabitat, or to escape predators. For many animals, the ability to move is essential for survival and, as a result, natural selection has shaped the locomotion methods and mechanisms used by moving organisms. For example, migratory animals that travel vast distances (such as the Arctic tern) typically have a locomotion mechanism that costs very little energy per unit distance, whereas non-migratory animals that must frequently move quickly to escape predators are likely to have energetically costly, but very fast, locomotion.

The anatomical structures that animals use for movement, including cilia, legs, wings, arms, fins, or tails are sometimes referred to as locomotory organs[2] or locomotory structures.[3]

Answer 2

Animal locomotion:

• Animals locomotion, is ethology, is any of a variety of methods that animals use to move from one place to another.
• Some modes of locomotion are self-propelled eg., running, swimming, jumping, flying, hopping, soaring and gliding.
• There are also many animals species that depends on their environment for transportation, a types of mobility called passive locomotion.
• Animals move for variety of reason, such as to find food, mate,microhabitat and escape for predators.
• The anatomical structures that animals use for movement including  cilia, legs,wings, arms, fins, and tails are sometimes reffered to as locomotory organs or locomotory structures.
• Animals move through or on four types of environment: aquatic, terrestrial, arboreal, fossorial ,aerial.
• The study of animal locomotion is the branch of biology that investigates and quantifies how animals move. It is an application of kinematics.