Play Helps Dogs NewsELA Day 2

Play Helps Dogs NewsELA Day 2

Read the Opening Paragraphs

Open Ended

Explain the process by which people get the traits they want in dogs?

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Many dog breeds have been created just in the past several

years.

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Species are similar living things that can mate and produce young. What is another name for the "young" species can make?

Open Ended

What does an evolutionary biologist, like Laszlo Garamszegi, do for a living?

Read the section, "Differences in Behavior"

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Write in standard number form the amount of different breeds studied during the research by Garamszegi?

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What is the name of the game they had dogs play during their test?

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A gene is a segment of

.

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The genes

or hold instructions for how a living thing looks and behaves.

Read the section "Play With Your Dog"

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Dogs that are more likely to hunting or

tend to be more playful.

Open Ended

Explain how the traits of the Chihuahua changed over time?

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Selective breeding has taken place to help increase the

traits in some breeds.