ANS 150 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Correct term to describe the scientific study of animal behavior - Answers - ethology
One example of how research using animals has helped develop treatments for human
diseases - Answers - cystic fibrosis, breast cancer; macular degeneration;
blood/hemoglobin related disorder
Two reasons why the economic impact factor usually is so much larger for animals kept
as pets than for animals used for food and fiber - Answers - -they are treated like
members of the family rather than property
-they are kept for longer periods of time
Three stages that behavioral scientists use to describe the learning process when
conditioning is used on animals - Answers - -acquisition
-extinction
-recovery
Why has the percentage of disposable income that is spent on food in the US
decreased over the past 50 years - Answers - The U.S. invests money in Land grant
Universities like NCSU whose mission is to develop technology that helps reduce the
cost of producing food and train students for careers in food production.
Correct definition for absorption - Answers - Molecules are transported from the
digestive tract through the intestinal cells and enter the body through the vascular or
lymphatic systems
What is a "food desert"? - Answers - An area in which someone lives more than a mile
away from a source of unprocessed food and don't have available transportation to get
there
According to the World Health Organization, what has happened to "hunger" on a world-
wide basis since the mid-1990s - Answers - The percentage of people classified as
hungry has decreased; but the actual number of people that are classified as hungry
has increased
List all of the places in the ruminant digestive tract where mechanical digestion would
occur. - Answers - mouth, omasum, and abomasum
Main difference between trial and error and conditioning - Answers - In trial and error
the animal initiates the learning process and in conditioning a third party initiates the
learning process
Correct term to describe the scientific study of animal behavior - Answers - ethology
One example of how research using animals has helped develop treatments for human
diseases - Answers - cystic fibrosis, breast cancer; macular degeneration;
blood/hemoglobin related disorder
Two reasons why the economic impact factor usually is so much larger for animals kept
as pets than for animals used for food and fiber - Answers - -they are treated like
members of the family rather than property
-they are kept for longer periods of time
Three stages that behavioral scientists use to describe the learning process when
conditioning is used on animals - Answers - -acquisition
-extinction
-recovery
Why has the percentage of disposable income that is spent on food in the US
decreased over the past 50 years - Answers - The U.S. invests money in Land grant
Universities like NCSU whose mission is to develop technology that helps reduce the
cost of producing food and train students for careers in food production.
Correct definition for absorption - Answers - Molecules are transported from the
digestive tract through the intestinal cells and enter the body through the vascular or
lymphatic systems
What is a "food desert"? - Answers - An area in which someone lives more than a mile
away from a source of unprocessed food and don't have available transportation to get
there
According to the World Health Organization, what has happened to "hunger" on a world-
wide basis since the mid-1990s - Answers - The percentage of people classified as
hungry has decreased; but the actual number of people that are classified as hungry
has increased
List all of the places in the ruminant digestive tract where mechanical digestion would
occur. - Answers - mouth, omasum, and abomasum
Main difference between trial and error and conditioning - Answers - In trial and error
the animal initiates the learning process and in conditioning a third party initiates the
learning process
