Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given on the facing page.
`\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ color{red}("๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ")`
`color{green}(โข)` The dog family is one of the 11 families that make up the Carnivores, a large group of intelligent, flesh-eating. backboned animals.
`color{green}(โข)` In this group are such varied animals as bears, pandas.
`color{green}(โข)` raccoons, cats, hyenas, and even seal.
`color{green}(โข)` The dog or canine family has many wild species like wolves. foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs.
`color{green}(โข)` The dog is the only domesticated member of the canine family though now and then someone tames a wolf. fox or coyote as a pet.
`color{green}(โข)` All members of the dog family are descendants of a wolf-like animal which lived about 15 million years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` From this distant ancestor, the true dogs gradually developed.
`color{green}(โข)` But nobody knows the exact ancestor of the modern domestic dog.
`color{green}(โข)` Several wild dogs look and behave like domestic dogs.
`color{green}(โข)` The dingo or wild dog of Australia is one of these.
`color{green}(โข)` It is possible that the dingo was a tamed dog brought to Australia long ago which then ran wild.
`color{green}(โข)` Dogs were the first animals tamed by humans- perhaps 20,000 years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` Tamed dogs were brought from Asia to the New World 5,000 or more years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` Dogs were first used for hunting.
๐. ๐
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐.
(i) ancestor _______________
(ii) wild t _________ m _________
(iii) ancient _____________
(iv) near d ______________ t
(v) suddenly gr _____________
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
(i) The dingo is ________________.
(ii) Dogs were the animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are ________________ (Think and name some other such animals.)
(iii) The New World refers to __________________.
Dogs were brought there from _________________.
Read the following passage and do the exercises that follow. Then complete the family tree of dogs given on the facing page.
`\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ color{red}("๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ")`
`color{green}(โข)` The dog family is one of the 11 families that make up the Carnivores, a large group of intelligent, flesh-eating. backboned animals.
`color{green}(โข)` In this group are such varied animals as bears, pandas.
`color{green}(โข)` raccoons, cats, hyenas, and even seal.
`color{green}(โข)` The dog or canine family has many wild species like wolves. foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wild dogs.
`color{green}(โข)` The dog is the only domesticated member of the canine family though now and then someone tames a wolf. fox or coyote as a pet.
`color{green}(โข)` All members of the dog family are descendants of a wolf-like animal which lived about 15 million years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` From this distant ancestor, the true dogs gradually developed.
`color{green}(โข)` But nobody knows the exact ancestor of the modern domestic dog.
`color{green}(โข)` Several wild dogs look and behave like domestic dogs.
`color{green}(โข)` The dingo or wild dog of Australia is one of these.
`color{green}(โข)` It is possible that the dingo was a tamed dog brought to Australia long ago which then ran wild.
`color{green}(โข)` Dogs were the first animals tamed by humans- perhaps 20,000 years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` Tamed dogs were brought from Asia to the New World 5,000 or more years ago.
`color{green}(โข)` Dogs were first used for hunting.
๐. ๐
๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐.
(i) ancestor _______________
(ii) wild t _________ m _________
(iii) ancient _____________
(iv) near d ______________ t
(v) suddenly gr _____________
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ.
(i) The dingo is ________________.
(ii) Dogs were the animals tamed by humans. The other animals tamed by humans are ________________ (Think and name some other such animals.)
(iii) The New World refers to __________________.
Dogs were brought there from _________________.
