Economic Importance of Animals 575 

 QUESTIONS AND TOPICS 



1. What do we mean by the phrase economic importance? 



2. (1) Summarize the economic importance of the representatives of each 

 phylum of animals. (2) Which phylum, if any, contains animals of great- 

 est economic importance ? Why do you say so ? 



3. Discuss the ways in which biology may be of value to us in everyday life. 



4. In what ways may a knowledge of biology be valuable to students of medi- 

 cine? To students of dentistry? To students of pharmacy? To students 

 of agriculture and horticulture ? 



5. Are all the beneficial forms of life found in one phylum? Are all the detri- 

 mental forms ? 



6. Must an animal or plant be beneficial or detrimental to man in order to be 

 of economic importance ? Explain your answer. 



7. List as many departments of our national government as you can in which 

 the economically important animals and plants are studied and the results 

 of such studies disseminated and practically applied in your community. 



8. What department of your state government is interested in the economic 

 importance of animals and plants ? Tell what it has done in your com- 

 munity in this connection. 



9. Why does the federal government inspect plants and animals imported into 

 this country? 



10. List the general purposes of the National Association of Audubon Societies, 

 1974 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



11. List as many organizations as possible which are interested in out-of-door 

 life. What does each attempt to accomplish ? 



12. Give a report on the nearest Federal or State fish hatchery, telling what is 

 done there and what effect its work has on the average citizen. 



13. Can you think of any animals or plants which might be improved? How? 



14. List several new varieties of animals and plants which have recently been 

 originated. Tell how each new kind was produced and why. 



SELECTED REFERENCES* 



Metcalf: Textbook of Economic Zoology, Lea & Febiger. 

 Reese: Economic Zoology, P. Blakiston's Son & Co. 



*Also consult various textbooks on zoology, entomology, etc., references to which are made in 

 various parts of the text. 



