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Animal Science Final

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Equine is the scientific name for
a)
pigs
b)
sheep
c)
horses
d)
cattle
2.
What is an ovine?
a)
Pigs
b)
Sheep
c)
Cattle
d)
Dogs
3.
What is the scientific name for goats?
a)
Caprine
b)
Equine
c)
Bovine
d)
Canine
4.
What is a porcine?
a)
Pigs
b)
Sheep
c)
Goats
d)
Horses
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
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
9.
What is a cow?
a)
A female bovine that has calved
b)
This is not the answer
10.
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
11.
How many compartments are in the monogastric stomach?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Bovine digestive system
a)
Simple
b)
Monogastric
c)
Ruminant
d)
Pseudo Ruminant
13.
The meat we get from cattle
a)
Beef
b)
Pork
c)
Poultry
d)
White
14.
The name for the time period that a female is pregnant for
a)
Gestation
b)
Incubation
c)
Downtime
d)
Plugging
15.
Young female sheep
a)
Ewe lamb
b)
Doe
c)
Doe kid
d)
Ewe
16.
Castrated male sheep
a)
Wether
b)
Barrow
c)
Steer
d)
Capon
17.
Children or young of a particular parent are called: 
a)
Mature
b)
Castrated
c)
Polled
d)
Offspring
18.
What degree can be earned by first-year agriculture students in high-school?
a)
Chapter
b)
Hoosier
c)
American
d)
Greenhand
19.
In what year was the Future Farmers of America established?
a)
1917
b)
1928
c)
1929
d)
1930
20.
What is the FFA motto?
a)
learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, living to serve
b)
Serving the ground, caring for the animals, and learning to sell.
c)
Serve the people, serve the ground, and serve the animals
d)
learning to make progress, learning to show unity, and try to be knowledful nd wise
21.
Who wrote the FFA creed?
a)
E.M Creed
b)
F. B Tiffany
c)
F.B Morris
d)
E.M Tiffany
22.
What are the official FFA colors?
a)
National Blue & Corn Gold
b)
National Red & Corn Gold
c)
Navy & Gold
d)
National Navy & Grain Gold
23.

What are elements or chemical compounds that support life processes called?

a)

Protein

b)

Grass

c)

Nutrients

d)

Water

24.

Balanced rations are important to prevent ________________________.

a)

Weight gain

b)

Weight loss

c)

Nutritional deficiencies

d)

Digestive problems

25.

Which of the following is not one of the six essential nutrients needed for animal production.

a)

Lipids

b)

Water

c)

Carbohydrate

d)

Fish meal

e)

Proteins

26.
Most animals have sexual reproduction.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Male animals produce reproductive cells known as _____.
a)
palisade
b)
ovum
c)
sperm
d)
egg
28.
Female animals produce reproductive cells called ______.
a)
sperm
b)
eggs
c)
palisade
d)
amoeba
29.
In this picture A represents __ and B represents ___.
a)
Litter Number; Pig Number
b)
Pig Number, Litter Number
30.
In this picture, a notch in this position would represent what value?
a)
1
b)
9
c)
27
d)
81
31.
In this picture, a notch in this position would represent what value?
a)
1
b)
9
c)
27
d)
81
32.
True or False: Like cattle and sheep, pigs have ruminant digestive systems (with a 4 compartment stomach)
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Why do they sanitize people and the buildings in the swine industry?
a)
to keep the spread of disease down
b)
to make sure everything is ready for inspection
c)
to make a cleaner working environment
d)
to remove all the man
34.
What is the pigs gestation period?
a)
230 days
b)
165 days
c)
114 days
d)
129 days
35.

The gestation length for hogs is:

a)

3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days

b)

4 months, 4 weeks, 4 days

c)

5 months, 5 weeks, 5 days

36.

The livestock identification system which uses a metal instrument to burn or freeze a mark on the animal is:

a)

branding.

b)

ear notching.

c)

tagging.

d)

tattooing.

37.

The identification system used to number pigs by cutting out little "V"s on their ears is:

a)

docking.

b)

ear notching.

c)

ear tagging.

d)

ear tattooing.

38.

The animal identification system that is easy to read from a front view of the animal, but is usually used in addition to a more permanent system is:

a)

branding.

b)

ear notching.

c)

ear tagging.

d)

tattooing.

39.

The original use of permanent identification of livestock was to:

a)

cull because of age.

b)

keep breeding records.

c)

keep performance records.

d)

show ownership.

40.

The livestock identification system that uses special pliers to attach plastic pieces with numbers on them to the ears of animals is:

a)

culling.

b)

docking.

c)

ear notching.

d)

ear tagging.

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