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Module 1, 2, 3 Quiz Question 1 What fraction of US households own pet(s)? Over 2/3 Question 2 "Pets in Society" is a General Education class. What knowledge domain does it fulfill? GS- Social and Behavioral Sciences Question 3 A group of pet rabbits escape from their hutches during a tornado and set up a colony in the wild. What is the term used to describe a domesticated animal now living in a wild state? feral Question 4 Researchers in Papua, New Guinea recently discovered a new species of giant rats that have no fear of humans. You think, "These would make great pets! I think I'll take them home, domesticate the species and sell them on the internet." According to Jared Diamond, there are 6 criteria necessary for animals to be domesticated. These guys have a pleasant disposition which is one of the criteria. What are four other specific characteristics mentioned by Diamond that you would want this species to have before trying to domesticate it? Your Answer: Question 5 Which was the first domesticated animal? Dog

Question 6 What primary selection criteria did Belyaev and his colleagues use in choosing which foxes to breed in the farm-fox experiment? Tameability Question 7 Name one behavior (how an animal "acts") change seen in the domesticated Belyaev foxes as compared to their more wild counterparts? Your Answer: Question 8 You are a wildlife rehabilitator who rescues and raises an orphaned baby raccoon. You release it into the wild but it still hangs around your home, allows you to pet it and begs for food. Which of the following terms describes this raccoon? ( choose all the correct ones ) Tame Question 9 As a park ranger, you find an orphan bear cub in the wild, take it home and raise it. She becomes pregnant by a wild bear that gets into her pen when she is in heat. Will her cubs be easier to tame than their mother was? Why or why not? Maybe, because they would learn not to be afraid of humans from watching their tame mother and they may have inherited some of her tameability Question 10 What was the role of cats in the spread of black death (the Bubonic plague) in the middle ages? The lack of cats allowed mice to run rampant and spread the plague Question 11 When is it thought that dogs first came to the Americas? Prehistory-close to when humans first came to the Americas

Question 12 Which is not a characteristic of wolf-dogs? They have very predictable temperaments Question 13 Which of the following are characteristics of mixed-breed dogs? (select all the correct answers) They have been shown to live longer than purebred dogs. If you adopt one as a puppy, it can be difficult to predict what they will look like when they are older. Question 14 Which of the following small animals are not rodents? Ferrets Question 15 Reptile species kept as pets have which of the following dietary needs? Possibly all of the above- some species are carnivores, some are omnivores and some are herbivores Question 16 Which of the following are reasons why the Humane Society of the United States is against the keeping of reptiles as pets (select all the correct answers)? It is difficult to meet the housing and nutritional needs of some reptiles. Many reptiles carry Salmonella. People sometimes release reptiles into the wild where they can damage the environment.

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