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WorksheetsAnimal Terminology
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The scientific name for cattle is
a)
Ovine
b)
Bovine
c)
Equine
d)
Caprine
2.
Equine is the scientific name for
a)
pigs
b)
sheep
c)
horses
d)
cattle
3.
What is an ovine?
a)
Pigs
b)
Sheep
c)
Cattle
d)
Dogs
4.
What is the scientific name for goats?
a)
Caprine
b)
Equine
c)
Bovine
d)
Canine
5.
What is a porcine?
a)
Pigs
b)
Sheep
c)
Goats
d)
Horses
6.
What does gestation mean?
a)
The length of time it takes to digest food
b)
the length of time a dam carries her offspring
c)
the length of time a sire carries his offspring
d)
the length of time it takes to make a sandwich
7.
What is the gestation length in cattle?
a)
360-366 days
b)
3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (111 days)
c)
280-285 days
d)
there is no gestation length in cattle
8.
What is the scientific name for horses?
a)
Bovine
b)
Equine
c)
Caprine
d)
None of the above
9.
What is a dam?
a)
a female parent
b)
a male parent
c)
a female bovine
d)
a male bovinee
10.
What is a sire?
a)
a male parent
b)
a female parent
c)
a male equine
d)
a female equine
11.
A flock is a group of
a)
sheep/poultry
b)
cattle/horses/goats
c)
geese
d)
humans
12.
A herd is a group of
a)
sheep/poultry
b)
cattle/horses/goats
c)
geese
d)
human
13.
Livestock is defined as
a)
domestic farm animals kept for productive purposes (meat, milk, work, wool)
b)
a herd of cattle
c)
a flock of sheep or poultry
d)
none of the above
14.
What is a market animal?
a)
an animal used for breeding purposes
b)
An animal used for ornamental purposes
c)
Livestock bred and used for human consumption
d)
George Washington
15.
What does is mean to have an animal that is naturally hornless?
a)
To be horned
b)
To be polled
c)
To be naturally talented
d)
To be naturally gifted
16.
What is a barrow?
a)
a male sheep that has been castrated
b)
a male swine that has been castrated
c)
a male bovine that has been castrated
d)
a male horse that has been castrated
17.
What is a boar?
a)
A male bovine that has not been castrated
b)
A male swine that has not been castrated
c)
A male ovine that has not been castrated
d)
A male equine that has not castrated
18.
A gilt is a
a)
a female bovine that has not calved
b)
a female swine that has not had a litter of pigs
c)
a female ovine that has not has a kid
d)
a female equine that has not foaled
19.
What is a sow?
a)
A female bovine that has calved
b)
A female equine that has had a foal
c)
A female swine that has had a litter
d)
A female ovine that has lambed
20.
What is a cow?
a)
A female bovine that has calved
b)
This is not the answer
21.
A steer is a male
a)
bovine that has not been castrated
b)
bovine that has been castrated
c)
equine that has not been castrated
d)
swine that has not been castrated
22.
What is a mare?
a)
A female equine
b)
A female bovine
c)
A female ovine
d)
A female swine
23.
What is a gaggle?
a)
A group of geese
b)
A group of horses
c)
A group of sheep
d)
None of the above
24.
What is parturition?
a)
The act of giving birth
b)
The act of gestation
c)
The act of digesting food
d)
None of the Above
25.
How many compartments are in the ruminant stomach?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
26.
How many compartments are in the monogastric stomach?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
27.
What is a female bovine that has not had a baby called?
a)
Cow
b)
Heifer
c)
Steer
d)
Bull
28.
A male bovine capable of breeding
a)
Steer
b)
Bull
c)
Cow
d)
Calf
29.
Bovine digestive system
a)
Simple
b)
Monogastric
c)
Ruminant
d)
Pseudo Ruminant
30.
The meat we get from cattle
a)
Beef
b)
Pork
c)
Poultry
d)
White
31.
The name for the time period that a female is pregnant for
a)
Gestation
b)
Incubation
c)
Downtime
d)
Plugging
32.
Mature female swine
a)
Cow
b)
Doe
c)
Sow
d)
Ewe
33.
Mature male poultry
a)
Rooster
b)
Hen
c)
Pullet
d)
Capon
34.
Offspring of sheep
a)
Calf
b)
Lamb
c)
Kid
d)
Ewe Lamb
35.
Castrated male goat
a)
Steer
b)
Barrow
c)
Capon
d)
Wether
36.
Mature male cattle
a)
Cow
b)
Steer
c)
Bull
d)
Heifer
37.
Mature female goat
a)
Doe
b)
Doe kid
c)
Ewe
d)
Ewe lamb
38.
Young female swine
a)
Heifer
b)
Ewe Lamb
c)
Gilt
d)
Pullet
39.
Offspring of poultry
a)
Calf
b)
Piglet
c)
Kid
d)
Chick
40.
Agricultural product of cattle
a)
Pork
b)
Meat and Milk
c)
Mutton/Wool
d)
Chevon
41.
Young female sheep
a)
Ewe lamb
b)
Doe
c)
Doe kid
d)
Ewe
42.
Castrated male poultry
a)
Hen
b)
Rooster
c)
Capon
d)
Pullet
43.
Young female goat
a)
Doe kid
b)
Doe
c)
Ewe lamb
d)
Ewe
44.
Mature male swine
a)
Bull
b)
Boar
c)
Ram
d)
Buck
45.
Castrated male cattle
a)
Heifer
b)
Steer
c)
Bull
d)
Barrow
46.
Agricultural product of swine
a)
Meat/Milk
b)
Chevon
c)
Pork
d)
Beef
47.
Mature male sheep
a)
Ram
b)
Wether
c)
Buck
d)
Barrow
48.
Mature female sheep
a)
Ewe
b)
Ewe lamb
c)
Doe
d)
Heifer
49.
Offspring of goats
a)
Lamb
b)
Kid
c)
Calf
d)
Piglet
50.
Mature female poultry
a)
Pullet
b)
Capon
c)
Hen
d)
Sow
51.
Castrated male sheep
a)
Wether
b)
Barrow
c)
Steer
d)
Capon
52.
Agricultural product of sheep
a)
Chevon
b)
Mutton/Wool
c)
Pork
d)
Meat/Milk
53.
Young female cattle
a)
Cow
b)
Sow
c)
Steer
d)
Heifer
54.
Mature male goat
a)
Bull
b)
Ram
c)
Buck
d)
Boar
55.
Offspring of cattle
a)
Calf
b)
Kid
c)
Lamb
d)
Heifer
56.
Castrated male swine
a)
Gilt
b)
Boar
c)
Capon
d)
Barrow
57.
Offspring of swine
a)
Calf
b)
Lamb
c)
Piglet
d)
Kid
58.
Agricultural product of goats
a)
Pork
b)
Chevon
c)
Mutton/wool
d)
Beef
59.
Young female poultry
a)
Hen
b)
Capon
c)
Gilt
d)
Pullet
60.
Agricultural product of poultry
a)
Pork
b)
Chevon
c)
Meat/Milk
d)
Meat/Eggs
61.
An animal that is complete in natural growth and development is referred to as:
a)
Mature
b)
Polled
c)
Offspring
d)
Castrated
62.
Children or young of a particular parent are called:
a)
Mature
b)
Castrated
c)
Polled
d)
Offspring
63.
Milk, eggs and meat are all called:
a)
Mature
b)
Polled
c)
Agricultural Products
d)
Offspring
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