Wildlife Woes and Nature's Oopsies
Name an infectious agent/pathogen
What is bacteria, fungi, viruses, or parasites?
_______ is a living organism, while ________ is non-living.
What is bacteria and virus?
Name two habitat conditions when maintaining captive organisms.
What are light, humidity, temperature, space?
A cockroach can hold its breath for
30 - 45 minutes
Animals were used in prehistoric times for
What are decoys and hunting?
Avian influenza is caused by this type of pathogen
What is a virus?
Viruses can carry genetic information in the form of. . .
What is DNA or RNA?
Risks to researchers working in harsh conditions can include (name 2):
What are: Extreme heat, Uneven terrain, Poison oak, rashes, burns, Natural disasters, Wildlife encounters, venomous organisms, bites
The three body segments of a cockroach are
Head, thorax, abdomen
Animals were kept in ______ during the Menagerie period.
What are cages?
This disease affects bats and causes them to emerge from hibernation too early
This type of virus is less prone to mutations
What is DNA
3 human actions that increase the spread of zoonotic disease include:
What are global travel, expanding into wildlife spaces, animal agriculture, development of cities, lack of sanitary practices or resources
Cockroaches have this type of nervous system
What is a ventral nervous system
The Classical Zoological Period began in the ______
What are the 1800s?
_____ is a chytrid fungus affecting salamanders, and _______ is one affecting frogs.
What is bsal and bd?
This type of infection causes quick destruction of the host cell
Besides physical harm, another risk imposed on an organism during animal experimentation includes
What is psychological harm or behavioral changes?
Early cockroaches first evolved during the
Carboniferous period
Habitats and enclosures shifted to ___________________ during the Modern Zoological Period?
What are open enclosures that represent native habitat?
What is a virus that causes tumor growth?
This enzyme can help retroviruses insert its genes into the host genome
What is reverse transcriptase?
Cholera is caused by _______ and usually spread through ______.
What is bacteria and water?
Write out the full taxonomy beginning with the kingdom, and ending with the order.
Domain Eukaryota; Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Arthropoda; Sub-Phylum Hexapoda; Class Insecta; Order Blattodea
An accreditation that zoos can apply for is called ____________ which certifies that they meet ________________
What is aza accreditation, to certify high level of animal care