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Sheep and Goat Terminology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the term Doe mean?

a)

A female deer

b)

A male deer

c)

A male goat

d)

A female goat

2.

What is a buck?

a)

A dollar bill

b)

A male Deer

c)

A male Goat

d)

A male Sheep

3.

What does the term ewe mean?

a)

Your response to something gross

b)

A female Goat

c)

A female Sheep

4.

What does the term Ram mean?

a)

A type of truck

b)

A male goat

c)

A male sheep

d)

An item used to knock a door down

5.

What is a wether?

a)

When it's raining outside

b)

A castrated goat

c)

A castrated sheep

d)

A castrated Sheep or Goat

6.

What does the term bracing mean?

a)

Preparing for impact

b)

Pushing against your sheep to make it flex

c)

Pushing against your goat to make it flex

d)

Pushing against your sheep or goat to make it flex

7.

What is the gestation period for a sheep?

a)

150 days or 5 months

b)

160 Days or 6 months

c)

114 days or 3 months

d)

100 days or 2 months

8.

How long is the gestation period of a Goat?

a)

152 days

b)

150 days

c)

135 days

d)

154 days

9.

Which term is used when referring to a baby Goat?

a)

Kid

b)

Lamb

c)

Ewe

d)

Ram

10.

What is the term for a baby sheep?

a)

kid

b)

ewe

c)

lamb

d)

mutton

11.

Which term is used when a sheep is giving birth?

a)

Lambing

b)

Kidding

12.

Which term is used for when a goat is giving birth?

a)

Lambing

b)

Kidding

13.

What is a yearling?

a)

A goat of either gender over one year, but under two years of age.

b)

A goat of either gender under one year of age.

c)

A sheep under one year old and also the term for meat from a young sheep.

d)

Meat from a sheep that is over one year old.

14.

What is lamb?

a)

A sheep under one year old and also the term for meat from a young sheep.

b)

A meat from a sheep that is over one year old.

15.

What is mutton?

a)

A sheep under one year old and also the term for meat from a young sheep.

b)

A meat from a sheep that is over one year old.

16.

What is the term for a sheep coat that is used as a fiber for production such as clothing?

a)

Chammy

b)

Wool

c)

Mohair

17.

What is chammy?

a)

Leather made from sheep and goat skin

b)

Hair taken from Angora Goats and used to make products such as clothing

c)

Sheep's coat that is used as a fiber for production such as clothing

18.

What is the term for hair taken from a goat?

a)

Chammy

b)

Wool

c)

Mohair

19.

Which of the following are similarities between Goats and Sheep?

a)

They are both mammals and ruminant animals

b)

Divided Hooves

c)

Can be raised for food and Fiber

d)

All of the above

20.

Which of the following are differences between goats and sheep?

a)

What they like to graze

b)

How much they weigh

c)

What by products they produce

d)

All of the above