ProCon’s Animal Dissection Quiz
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument in favor of animal dissection?
- Answer: This is a common argument in favor of animal dissection.
- Question: What does vivisection mean?
- Answer: Vivisection, the dissection of a living organism, was practiced on criminals in ancient Alexandria and Rome, but prohibitions and taboos in ancient Greece against the mutilation of the human body led to a reliance on animal subjects.
- Question: Approximately how many animals are dissected annually in American schools?
- Answer: Approximately 12 million animals are dissected annually in American schools.
- Question: How are the animals to be dissected in school commonly acquired?
- Answer: The animals used for dissection are commonly acquired from biological supply companies.
- Question: Which of the following is a common argument against animal dissection?
- Answer: This is a common argument against animal dissection.
- Question: According to a 2022 survey of teachers in Switzerland, which of the following is true?
- Answer: All of these were teacher responses.
- Question: Which of the following is true about the Brussels-born doctor Andreas Vesalius (1514–64) and his work?
- Answer: All of these are true statements about Vesalius and his work.
- Question: Which animal is the most commonly dissected in American science classes?
- Answer: Though frogs are the most common animals that American students dissect, other animals dissected include fetal pigs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, minks, birds, turtles, snakes, crayfish, perch, sea stars, and earthworms as well as grasshoppers and other insects.
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