Chapter 1

Question 1

Are meat products more or less energy dense than an herbivore diet?

Answer 1

Meat products are more energy dense

Question 2

How does eating meat effect gut size, brain size, and digestion?

Answer 2

When consuming meat there is a decreased gut size, increased brain size and it is less labor intensive to digest meat

Question 3

What percentage of the U.S. consume some sort of animal product?

Answer 3

Approximately 97%

Question 4

What is the most common source of dietary calories worldwide?

Answer 4

Cereal grains

Question 5

What is the most common source of protein worldwide?

Answer 5

Cereal grains

Question 6

Give three examples of ways in which humans rely on animals.

Answer 6

Food, transportation, fibers

Question 7

Which animal contributed most significantly to the development of the polio vaccine?

Answer 7

Primates

Question 8

After cow milk, what type of milk is the most consumed worldwide?

Answer 8

Water buffalo

Question 9

Is calculating food disappearance an exact calculation, why or why not?

Answer 9

No, it is an overestimation that doesn’t take food waste into consideration, represents a snapshot

Question 10

Looking at total protein consumption, what is the U.S. contribution of meat to total protein compared to other diets across the globe?

Answer 10

The wold gets most of its proteins from cereal grains while the united states gets most of its protein from animal products. United states receives 2/3 of its protein from animal products, therefore 70% of the U.S. protein supply originates from animal product consumption

Question 11

Which animal helped isolate and purify insulin

Answer 11

Cattle

Question 12

When was the mouse genome sequenced?

Answer 12

2002

Question 13

What does the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 require?

Answer 13

Animal safety testing of products intended for humans

Question 14

How does consumption of meat change based on development status of a country?

Answer 14

Developed countries eat 2-2.5x the consumption of meat/dairy products than undeveloped countries

Question 15

What is the greatest contributor to annual dairy consumption?

Answer 15

Beverage milk/fluid milk

Question 16

What is the trend we are seeing with milk and cheese consumption over the past years?

Answer 16

Cheese consumption is increasing, milk consumption is decreasing

Question 17

What fiber do rabbits produce?

Answer 17

Angora

Question 18

What fiber do sheep produce?

Answer 18

Wool

Question 19

What is the most widely used natural animal fiber?

Answer 19

Sheep’s wool

Question 20

What fiber do goats produce?

Answer 20

Cashmere and mohair

Question 21

Where do specialized fibers come from?

Answer 21

Llamas, alpacas, camels and yaks

Question 22

What animals are used most in research?

Answer 22

Mice and rats

Question 23

Why mice and rats for research?

Answer 23

Affordable, prolific, reach maturity quickly, easy to care for

Question 24

Are rats and mice used in research covered by the Animal Welfare Act?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What is the correlation between scientific knowledge and the use of animals in research?

Answer 25

The more you know scientifically the less you oppose of research on animals

Question 26

What are the three R’s of research

Answer 26

Replacement, reduction, refinement

Question 27

Why are animals still used for transportation?

Answer 27

Cultural differences, terrain

Question 28

Why are animals still used for land management?

Answer 28

They are used in places where the land can’t support heavy machinery, a lack of sophisticate infrastructure and where the terrain is better suited for animals

Question 29

Draft animals are a ______ and a _______ technology

Answer 29

renewable, affordable

Question 30

How much of earth is suited for crop production

Answer 30

Only 1/3 is suited for agriculture and only 1/3 of that is suitable for crop production

Question 31

What influences animal use?

Answer 31

Media, convenience, value, beliefs, perceptions, risk, economics, environmental impacts

Question 32

The U.S. consumes more of this animal meat product than beef

Answer 32

Chicken

Question 33

This type of monkey is an herbivore and has a large gut to accommodate a lot of plant matter

Answer 33

Proboscis

Question 34

The Beagle Brigade is an example of this way in which we use animals

Answer 34

Service

Question 35

Though only accounting for 14% of the world’s milk consumption, this animal’s milk accounts for 60% of India’s milk consumption

Answer 35

Water buffalo

Question 36

This fiber comes from goats to make soft sweater that have a high price tag

Answer 36

Cashmere

Question 37

Some, but not all, species are covered under this piece of legislation

Answer 37

Animal Welfare Act

Question 38

What is another word for Per Capital Consumption?

Answer 38

Food disappearance

Question 39

Consumption of this animal meat product has trended downward over the last decade

Answer 39

Veal