NOVA

Dogs and More Dogs

Student Handout

Examining the Game

Questions
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

  1. What kind of animal do you think your initial average reflected? What kind of animal did the average of your final round reflect?

  2. What happened to the temperament of your wolf population over time?

  3. Do you think your group represents wolves in the wild or dogs that have evolved from wolves? Explain your answer.

  4. The decks of cards representing wolves and dogs have been genetically isolated from each other for the entire game. Explain what this means in terms of the game and what it means in terms of real life.

  5. What do you predict would happen to the tameness of dogs if wolves and dogs were allowed to regularly interbreed?

  6. Why would the genetic isolation of wolves and dogs be important for dogs to become different from wolves?


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