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Explained Dogs 2022

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Laika the dog was famous for...

a)

Being one off the first animals in space

b)

Finding numerous bodies in an earthquake

c)

Counting to 10 aloud

2.

How many dogs are currently on planet earth?

a)

800,000,000

b)

8,000,000,000

c)

800,000

d)

8,000,000

3.

What was the first animal dometicated by humans?

a)

Cows

b)

Horses

c)

Dogs

d)

Cats

4.

A Russian scientist tried to domesticate which animals in the 1950s.

a)

Foxes

b)

Elephants

c)

Bats

d)

Capybaras

5.

The closeness between dogs and humans is primarily do to...

a)

Communication

b)

Genetic similarity

c)

Cladograms

d)

The Tree of Life

6.

What parts of dog's body do they use to communicate?

a)

Teeth and tongue

b)

Eyes and legs

c)

Tails and ears

7.

Which dog sense is 10,000-100,000x better than humans?

a)

Hearing

b)

Taste

c)

Smell

d)

Sight

8.

Dogs can feel what other people can feel by smelling their sweat. This is called...

a)

Apathy

b)

Empathy

c)

ESP

d)

Mind reading

9.

What percentage of dogs would rather see their owner than be feed sausage?

a)

20%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

75%

10.

The difference between the dog and the wolf DNA was a gene for...

a)

running

b)

openess

c)

barking

11.
The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use
a)
genetic engineering
b)
cloning
c)
human genome
d)
domestication
12.
What happened to the evolved foxes' ears after they became evolved? 
a)
They changed colors
b)
They flopped over like dog ears 
c)
They expanded
d)
They shrunk 
13.
Selective breeding involves manipulating an organisms' DNA.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
14.

The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

c)

random selection

d)

genetic manipulation

15.

What is an example of artificial selection?

a)

Letting dogs choose their own mate

b)

Letting plants pollinate on their own

c)

Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

16.

Dogs and wolves are biologically the same species.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

When were dogs domesticated by humans?

a)

14,000-29,000 years ago

b)

500 years ago

c)

2 million years ago

18.

What is the common ancestor to all dogs today?

a)

Gray Wolf

b)

Dingo

c)

Saber-tooth Tiger

d)

Whale

19.
Which two species are most related?
a)
B&C
b)
A&B
c)
A&C
d)
C&B
20.
The purpose of selective breeding is to 
a)
Get bigger animals
b)
get smaller animals
c)
create animals with desirable traits
d)
create animals with bad traits