Unit 1 companion animals science review

Question 1

Who developed the modern classification system we use today to classify living organisms?

Answer 1

Carl linnaeus

Question 2

The science concerned with the naming and classification of organisms

Answer 2

taxonomy

Question 3

What are the five Kingdoms living organisms can be classified into?

Answer 3

Monera, protista, plantae, fungi, animalia

Question 4

A large phylum of animal that includes vertebrates, and invertebrates

Answer 4

chordata

Question 5

What are the five classes that living organisms can be classified into?

Answer 5

Mammals, reptiles, amphibia, aves, and osteichthyes

Question 6

What is a binomial name and how should it be spelled/written?

Answer 6

The genius, and species combined, and Italicized EX: canis lupus

Question 7

Name five reasons why people own pets

Answer 7

Companionship, hobby, ornamental, service, and mental and emotional therapy

Question 8

What percentage of families in the United States own pets?

Answer 8

60% or 58.9&%

Question 9

What is the most popular companion animal today?

Answer 9

cats

Question 10

Describe three careers related to companion animals

Answer 10

Vet- take care of animals
vet tech- help with the vets workload
dog border- were animals are taken care of well animals are away

Question 11

What was the first domesticated animal and first domesticated food animal?

Answer 11

Dog is the first domesticated
Sheep is the first food animals domesticated

Question 12

What benefits has the domestication of animals provided to humans?

Answer 12

Clothes, transportation, companionship, and protection, food

Question 13

An animal whose breeding (genetics) is controlled by humans. CANNOT live without people.

Answer 13

domesticated

Question 14

Don’t need people to survive. Born and bred in the wild

Answer 14

wild

Question 15

Taken from the wild and will tolerate people. People change their behavior but NOT their genetics

Answer 15

tame

Question 16

domesticated animals that return to the wild

Answer 16

feral

Question 17

have a special relationship with animals

Answer 17

companion animals

Question 18

Name the characteristics of an animal which make it a suitable candidate for domestication.

Answer 18

Herd animal, can have kids after a 1 or 2, herbivore, dominance hierarchy

Question 19

Why do carnivores not make great candidates for domestication?

Answer 19

Deit, growth rate, problems of captive breeding, nasty deposition, tendency to panic, and social structure

Question 20

How did the foxes of the Soviet Union change over time due to human’s control over their breeding?

Answer 20

Physical features changed, wanted to be with humans