Chapter 17:poultry vocab

Complete the definition: Poultry are birds, such as chickens, turkeys, and ducks, that are raised on farms for their meat and/or _______.

• eggs

• feathers

• milk

• wool

Complete the definition: Giblets refers to the edible offal of a bird, including the heart, liver, and _______.

• gizzard

• wing

• beak

• feather

Complete the definition: Chicken is a bird, including hens and roosters, commonly raised for its eggs and _______.

• meat

• feathers

• milk

• wool

Complete the definition: Turkey is a large American bird related to the chicken that is raised for its meat, or is hunted for its meat, if _______.

• it is wild.

• it is domesticated.

• it is endangered.

• it is a pet.

Complete the definition: Duck is a swimming bird whose flesh is used for (a)   .

Fill in the blank: ______ is a small, wild bird that is hunted for food.

• Quail

• Sparrow

• Robin

• Pigeon

Fill in the blank: ______ is meat that is light/white in color and is from the areas of a fowl where little muscle use takes place.

• White meat

• Dark meat

• Red meat

• Processed meat

Which of the following is a bird, such as a chicken, that is raised or hunted for food?

• Fowl

• Eagle

• Parrot

• Sparrow

Fill in the blank: ______ is meat that is darker in color and is from areas where the bird's muscles are used more heavily.

• Dark meat

• White meat

• Lean meat

• Processed meat

Fill in the blank: ______ are birds, such as pheasant or quail, that are legally hunted in the wild for food or sport.

• Game birds

• Songbirds

• Waterfowl

• Raptors