ADVS 1110 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are the steps of the scientific method?
Answer:
Problem → Hypothesis → Experimentation → Data Analysis → Conclusion →
Repeat
Question:
2. What are the types of control groups?
Answer:
Positive & Negative
Question:
3. What is the difference between independent and
dependent variables?
Answer:
Independent = factor being changed; Dependent = factor being measured
Question:
4. What are the two types of research?
Answer:
Basic (lab) & Applied (real life)
Question:
5. List the main specializations in animal science.
Answer:
Genetics, Nutrition, Reproduction, Physiology, Animal Health, Ethology, Meat
Science, Biotechnology
Question:
6. What % of the population is employed in production
agriculture?
Answer:
Developed: ~1.5-3% | Developing: ~50-75%
, Question:
7. Approximate numbers of livestock animals worldwide?
Answer:
Cattle 1.4B, Sheep 1.2B, Pigs 930M, Horses 60M, Chickens 22.8B
Question:
8. Which regions have the highest meat consumption?
Lowest?
Answer:
Highest: North America, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Argentina | Lowest: Africa
Question:
9. Which livestock product has had the highest growth in
production?
Answer:
poultry
Question:
10. What % of the human diet comes from animal products?
Answer:
~38.5%
Question:
11. What are the steps of domestication?
Answer:
1) Close proximity, 2) Confinement, 3) Selective breeding, 4) Isolate breeds
Question:
12. When was the first domestic animal (dog)?
Answer:
~13,000 years ago (Iraq)
Question:
13. When were sheep domesticated?
Answer:
~11,000 years ago (Iraq)
Question:
14. Define feral animals.
Answer:
Domestic animals that return to nature and breed
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What are the steps of the scientific method?
Answer:
Problem → Hypothesis → Experimentation → Data Analysis → Conclusion →
Repeat
Question:
2. What are the types of control groups?
Answer:
Positive & Negative
Question:
3. What is the difference between independent and
dependent variables?
Answer:
Independent = factor being changed; Dependent = factor being measured
Question:
4. What are the two types of research?
Answer:
Basic (lab) & Applied (real life)
Question:
5. List the main specializations in animal science.
Answer:
Genetics, Nutrition, Reproduction, Physiology, Animal Health, Ethology, Meat
Science, Biotechnology
Question:
6. What % of the population is employed in production
agriculture?
Answer:
Developed: ~1.5-3% | Developing: ~50-75%
, Question:
7. Approximate numbers of livestock animals worldwide?
Answer:
Cattle 1.4B, Sheep 1.2B, Pigs 930M, Horses 60M, Chickens 22.8B
Question:
8. Which regions have the highest meat consumption?
Lowest?
Answer:
Highest: North America, Asia, Australia, Brazil, Argentina | Lowest: Africa
Question:
9. Which livestock product has had the highest growth in
production?
Answer:
poultry
Question:
10. What % of the human diet comes from animal products?
Answer:
~38.5%
Question:
11. What are the steps of domestication?
Answer:
1) Close proximity, 2) Confinement, 3) Selective breeding, 4) Isolate breeds
Question:
12. When was the first domestic animal (dog)?
Answer:
~13,000 years ago (Iraq)
Question:
13. When were sheep domesticated?
Answer:
~11,000 years ago (Iraq)
Question:
14. Define feral animals.
Answer:
Domestic animals that return to nature and breed
