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Body and Senses Myths Quiz: Advanced
Five questions to re-check what you think you know about how dogs see, how they sweat and how their age is counted. A follow-on from the body and signals quizzes. About two minutes.
5 questionsabout 2 min
Answer all 5 questions correctly on your first try to count a clear toward your titles. If you miss some, practise until you get them all right, then pass the review check 3 days later to count it the same way.
Questions in this quiz (5)
Answers and explanations appear after you finish all the questions.
Which of the ways humans tell colours apart is dog colour vision described as being closest to?
- The system for telling red from green
- The system for telling blue from yellow
- Seeing only in black and white
When you shine a light at a dog at night, the whole pupil can glow with colour. Which part of the eye is sending that light back?
- The tear film covering the surface of the eye
- The lens in the middle of the eye
- A layer at the back of the eye, behind the retina
Dogs have sweat glands called apocrine glands in the skin all over the body. Which of these is described as their role?
- Releasing sweat to let out body heat
- Releasing scents that act as signals
- Helping the coat to shed and regrow
A dog's paw pads have sweat glands that release sweat when the dog gets hot. How does panting compare with that sweat in cooling the body?
- Smaller than sweat
- About the same as sweat
- Greater than sweat
Using a conversion formula based on changes in DNA, what is a 12-year-old Labrador in human years? The "one dog year equals seven human years" rule would give 84.
- Younger than 84
- About the same as 84
- Older than 84
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