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Directions for Teachers: This game should be played after students have done all the activities, done their research, watched the various videos, completed their presentations, etc. Some of the questions could have other answers not listed here. Use your best judgment when awarding points.
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Directions for Teachers: • This game should be played after students have done all the activities, done their research, watched the various videos, completed their presentations, etc. • Some of the questions could have other answers not listed here. Use your best judgment when awarding points. • Feel free to change the questions based on the research you do with your students. • The game is best-played by creating teams of 4 students, each with a white board. • Item selection is rotated between groups. • Use the ‘home’ button on the bottom right-hand corner of each slide to go back to the game-board. • Close the game entirely to re-set the game-board for each new group playing. Human-Animal Bond Trivia Game
Humans and dogs have coexisted for how many years? 15,000-50,000 1 million 5,000 100
15,000-50,000 100
Dog domestication occurred approx. how many years before present? 200
Name at least three driving factors that made it beneficial for canids to co-evolve and travel with humans as companions. 300
Protection from predators • Social bonding (dogs are very social) • Food (human food scraps, yum!) • Place to sleep • Warmth and dryness in bad weather 300
What is the gene that controls domestication traits in animals like dogs, including sleep patterns (circadian rhythm), how social they are (sociality) and facial form? RAI1 CAI1 BAI1 AAI1 400
RAI1 400
What is the name of the hypothesis that supports the formation of domestication traits in animals? 500
Name at least three things dogs do to reinforce their bond with humans. 100
Follow commands / respond to training cues • Learn what humans want (e.g. potty OUTSIDE!) • Eye contact/learn to read expressions/gestures • Sleep with us (and some are bed hogs!) • Hang out with us (couch, car, etc.!) • Seek affection (patting, kisses, grooming …) • Ask to play (let’s play fetch please!) 100
What are at least three things animals do to improve the lives of humans? 200
Help them emotionally (ESA) • Help rescue them (rescue dogs) • Help humans with disabilities (sight, hearing, sensory loss, limb loss, etc.) • Help them during a disaster (disaster stress-relief dogs) 200
How has the human-animal bond been used in the California prison system to help inmates and animals mutualistically? 300
In 2014, inmates that had long-term or life sentences were given the opportunity to train dogs that needed socialization & training through the Paws for Life prison program. They helped with dog rehabilitation by caring for them, socializing the animals, and getting them ready for their forever home. They then had the opportunity to introduce the dogs to their new families. 300
Name some emotional and physical benefits of caring for a pet. 400
Improved self-esteem • Improved serious and other health conditions • Improved responsibility, empathy, nurturing 400
Name at least five health benefits to having and caring for a pet. 500
Decreased blood pressure • Decreased cholesterol • Increased activity, helping with overall health • Improved cardiovascular (heart) health • Decreased obesity • Improved mood • Increased oxytocin production (good mood hormone) • Extended life for seniors 500
Approximately how many U.S. households have pets? 90% 70% 2% 25% 100
70% 100
True or False: 57% of pet owners say they would prefer their pet as their only companion if they were stranded on a desert island. 200
True! 200
True or False: 52% of people surveyed said they are better at remembering the names of their neighbors’ pets than their human neighbors’ names! 300
True! 300
True or False: The human-animal bond can help pets too, by increasing their life-span, improving their overall health, providing companionship, and decreasing depression/loneliness. 400
True! 400
True or False: Therapy animals have the same legal protections as Service animals. 500
False! 500
True or False: A service animal is any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or mental disability. 100
True! 100
Name the legal Act that was passed by Congress in 1990 that gave disabled individuals the right to have a service animal (in addition to many other rights and protections). 200
Name at least four things a service dog could help a disabled person with and name the disability they are supporting? 300
Navigating the world (sight-impaired) • Alerting to a sound or presence (hearing-impaired) • Pulling a wheelchair (paraplegic) • Assisting a person during a seizure (seizure disorder) • Gaining attention/distracting (PTSD) 300
You are a specially trained service dog that can sniff out things like peanuts, soy, tree nuts, air particles, etc. What kind of disability are you specially trained to support for humans? 400
You are a specially trained service dog that has been assigned to help a veteran who has come back from a war-torn part of the world, and is having difficulty re-engaging with life. What might they be suffering from that you can help with? 500
Name at least three places you might see a therapy animal at work? 100
Hospital • Retirement center • Nursing home • Long-term care center • Rehabilitation center (PT/OT) • Site of a natural disaster • Airport 100
True or False: An emotional support animal is any animal that alleviates symptoms of a mental or emotional condition. 200
True! 200
List at least four human conditions with which an emotional support animal could assist? 300
Depression • Anxiety • Mood swings • Worry • Panic attack • PTSD • Loneliness 300
You are specially trained to help with individuals that have social anxiety, fears and phobias, sometimes hallucinations, personality disorder, etc.; what can you do to help your human? 400
When you sense an episode come on, you can help distract your human, calm them, refocus them, and help them re-engage in life. 400