Animal Domestication and Research Flashcard

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Which animals were the first to be domesticated?

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Dog

Front

What are the oldest vertebrate group?

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Fish

Front

What percentage of American households have a companion animal?

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56

Front

What is the most common type of animal utilized in a laboratory setting?

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Guinea Pigs

Front

Facilities that use animals for research must be registered under whom?

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Animal Welfare Act

Front

What is the most common pet that Americans own?

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Dogs

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__________ are the bony fish. This is a large group of vertebrate animals that live in the water and have permanent gills for breathing, fins, and a body covered in scales.

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Osteichthyes

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Animals with vertebrae are in phylum _________.

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Chordata

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__________ is a process by which animals change over time as a result of heritable physical or behavioral traits. The organism adapts to its environment to survive.

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Natural selection

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What is the order of Linnaeus’s System of Classification? Options: Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Kingdom, Family, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species