Sort 'Em Out

The terms listed at right below are all things involved in lab animal science. There are 16 groups of 3 related items. Your job is to sort them out so that the groups include the items only once. The trick is that some items can be used in more than one list, but only one arrangement of all the items will work. If you get stuck, press the Hint button.

1. Laboratory tools:			achieve certification armadillo avoid discomfort baboon bats behavior brain cage canine distemper check room temperature chimpanzee claws diseases ear mites ears education Feline Leukemia Virus flask fleas follow regulations food food bowl/feeder fur gain experience hamster health observation humane treatment investigator lungs medicine mice microscope Mouse Hepatitis Virus opossum rats recordkeeping scalpel spider monkey stomach sutures tail teeth ticks veterinarian veterinary technician vitamins water water bottle

2. Rodents:

3. Nutrition:

4. Primates:

5. Animal housing equipment:

6. Sharp items:

7. Animal diseases:

8. Lab animal science people:

9. Most animals have these:

10. Parasites:

11. Inside the animal body:

12. We need research to learn about:

13. “Smart” to do if working in lab animal science:

14. Unique lab animals:

15. Animal welfare:

16. Important to do with lab animals everyday:

Developed by Vicki Koch BS, RLATG, March 2002.