Midterm asci 112 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Midterm ASCI 112 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 The dominant species in terms of numbers of animals used in research is: - ANSWER-Guinea Pig T/F: layers chickens make up 91% of total farm animals in the U.S. in 2015. - ANSWER-False. Boiler chickens do. Assign each category of animals a rank (1-4) with 1 representing the largest number of animals and 4 representing the smallest number. a. Laboratory animals b. Farm animals c. Exotic animals d. Companion animals - ANSWER-a. La...

ASCI 112 Midterm #2 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Nutritional Ecology - ANSWER-Adaptation of animals to their environments by development of dietary habits and physiological mechanisms that allow them to exploit available food sources in their habitats; few animals are restricted to one type of food because they adapt Continuous Feeders - ANSWER-Most common in animals that consume low-quality foodstuffs, like grasses, and/or foodstuffs that are scattered in small quantities over large...

ASCI 112 Midterm 1 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 There was a rise of animal domestication in the Neolithic Era!. What animal is NOT part of that era? a. Cattle and Swine b. Sheep and Goats c. Cats d. Dogs - ANSWER-Dogs What was the first animal domesticated? About what year was it domesticated? - ANSWER-Dogs, 15,000 years ago Why was there a surge of domestication in the neolithic era? - ANSWER-Farming, increased stability Adoption Theory: - ANSWER-Artificial selection, Tami...

ASCI 112 Midterm 1 Study Guide Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Definition of Science - ANSWER- Components of the Scientific Method - ANSWER- Timeline of Domestication (Key Dates/when specific species were domesticated) - ANSWER--15000 BC: first animals to be domesticated were wolves around -10,000 BC: cows, sheep, goats, cats, plants get domesticated (neolithic era) Two theories of how animals came to be domesticated - ANSWER-Adoption Theory: humans made it happen by capturing/t...