Biology Terminology Quiz

What is a male hog of any age that has not been castrated called?

• Boar

• Buck

• Bull

• Barrow

What is a piece of the skeleton of a vertebrate called?

• Cannon

• Bone

• Colt

• Capon

What is a male goat, rabbit, deer, or antelope of any age called?

• Buck

• Bull

• Boar

• Barrow

What is an uncastrated male bovine of any age called?

• Boar

• Bull

• Buck

• Barrow

What is the young of certain large mammals, including bovine animals, called?

• Chick

• Calf

• Capon

• Colt

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What is a young chicken called?

• Capon

• Chick

• Colt

• Cockerel

What is a female goat, rabbit, or deer called?

• Ewe

• Doe

• Filly

• Mare

What does the term "evaluation" mean?

• To produce offspring

• To examine and judge carefully

• To secrete hormones

• To gain weight

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What is a young female pig called until it produces its first offspring?

• Hen

• Gilt

• Ewe

• Mare

What is the term for a young female of the cattle species that has not yet had a calf?

• Heifer

• Mare

• Filly

• Doe