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WorksheetsLivestock Terminology
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
adapting an animal to the needs of humans
a)
domestication
b)
purebred
c)
crossbreeding
d)
castrated
2.
identifying desirable animals for breeding purposes
a)
selection
b)
inbreeding
c)
domestication
d)
polled
3.
animals whose ansestors are of only one breed
a)
purebred
b)
selection
c)
traits
d)
culling
4.
mating aniamls of different breeds
a)
crossbreeding
b)
purebred
c)
grade
d)
inbreeding
5.
removing an animal from the herd
a)
culling
b)
grading
c)
domestication
d)
polled
6.
mating animals that are related
a)
inbreeding
b)
selection
c)
crossbreeding
d)
domestication
7.
animals that are not purebred
a)
grade
b)
inbreeding
c)
crossbreeding
d)
traits
8.
cattle that do not have horns
a)
polled
b)
inbreeding
c)
traits
d)
grade
9.
characteristics that can be passed down from parent to offspring
a)
traits
b)
domestication
c)
grade
d)
polled
10.
taking a young animal off milk by removing it from being with its mother<br />
a)
weaning
b)
inbreeding
c)
selection
d)
purebred
11.
a male animal that has had its testicles removed
a)
castrated
b)
crossbreeding
c)
domestication
d)
traits
12.
the mother or female parent
a)
dam
b)
sire
c)
foal
d)
farrow
13.
the father or male parent
a)
sire
b)
selection
c)
dam
d)
purebred
14.
giving birth in livestock
a)
parturition
b)
farrowing
c)
sire
d)
purebred
15.
the young of an animal
a)
offspring
b)
weaning
c)
grade
d)
poll
16.
scientific name for cattle
a)
bovine
b)
porcine
c)
equine
d)
galline
17.
meat from cattle
a)
beef
b)
cheval
c)
pork
d)
mutton
18.
meat from young calves
a)
veal
b)
beef
c)
mutton
d)
cheval
19.
giving birth in cattle
a)
calving
b)
farrowing
c)
laying
d)
foaling
20.
offspring of either sex in cattle
a)
calf
b)
lamb
c)
foal
d)
chick
21.
immature (young) female in cattle
a)
heifer
b)
cow
c)
steer
d)
calf
22.
immature (young) male in cattle
a)
bull calf (or bullock)
b)
gilt
c)
barrow
d)
caopn
23.
adult female cattle (has given birth)
a)
cow
b)
heifer
c)
bullock
d)
pullet
24.
adult male cattle (not castrated)
a)
bull
b)
cow
c)
bullock
d)
steer
25.
male cattle that has been castrated
a)
steer
b)
bull
c)
calf
d)
boar
26.
scientific name for pigs
a)
porcine
b)
ovine
c)
equine
d)
galline
27.
meat from pigs
a)
pork
b)
beef
c)
swine
d)
poultry
28.
giving birth in pigs
a)
farrowing
b)
barrowing
c)
foaling
d)
lambing
29.
offspring of either sex in pigs
a)
piglet
b)
filly
c)
foal
d)
chick
30.
immature (young) female pig
a)
gilt
b)
shoat
c)
piglet
d)
wether
31.
immature (young) male pig
a)
shoat
b)
gilt
c)
filly
d)
bullock
32.
adult female pig (has given birth)
a)
sow
b)
boar
c)
gilt
d)
wether
33.
adult male pig (not castrated)
a)
boar
b)
barrow
c)
gilt
d)
steer
34.
male pig that has been castrated
a)
barrow
b)
boar
c)
gilt
d)
steer
35.
scientific name for horses
a)
equine
b)
porcine
c)
bovine
d)
ovine
36.
meat from horses
a)
cheval
b)
pork
c)
beef
d)
mutton
37.
giving birth in horses
a)
foaling
b)
farrowing
c)
maring
d)
calving
38.
offspring of either sex in horses
a)
foal
b)
chick
c)
barrow
d)
gelding
39.
immature (young) female horse
a)
filly
b)
colt
c)
foal
d)
boar
40.
immature (young) male horse
a)
colt
b)
filly
c)
mare
d)
boar
41.
adult female horse
a)
mare
b)
boar
c)
geld
d)
farrow
42.
adult male horse (not castrated)
a)
stallion (or stud)
b)
gelding
c)
mare
d)
boar
43.
male horse that has been castrated
a)
gelding
b)
wether
c)
steer
d)
barrow
44.
scientific name for sheep
a)
ovine
b)
bovine
c)
porcine
d)
galline
45.
meat from sheep that is less than one year of age
a)
lamb
b)
mutton
c)
grade
d)
poll
46.
meat from sheep that in over one year of age
a)
mutton
b)
lamb
c)
beef
d)
pork
47.
giving birth in sheep
a)
lambing
b)
farrowing
c)
laying
d)
calving
48.
offspring of either sex in sheep
a)
lamb
b)
lambing
c)
ewe
d)
ram
49.
immature (young) female sheep
a)
ewe lamb
b)
lamb
c)
ewe
d)
wether
50.
immature (young) male sheep
a)
ram lamb
b)
ewe lamb
c)
ram
d)
ewe
51.
adult female sheep (has given birth)
a)
ewe lamb
b)
colt
c)
mare
d)
ram
52.
adult male sheep (not castrated)
a)
ram lamb
b)
ewe lamb
c)
capon
d)
stallion
53.
male sheep that has been castrated
a)
wether
b)
gelding
c)
ewe
d)
ram
54.
scientific name for chicken
a)
galline
b)
ovine
c)
equine
d)
porcine
55.
meat from chickens
a)
chicken
b)
chick
c)
pork
d)
mutton
56.
giving birth for poultry
a)
laying
b)
farrowing
c)
gelding
d)
lambing
57.
offspring of either sex in chickens
a)
chick
b)
duck
c)
hen
d)
pullet
58.
immature (young) female chicken
a)
pullet
b)
heifer
c)
piglet
d)
hen
59.
imature (young) male chicken
a)
cockerel
b)
steer
c)
boar
d)
barrow
60.
adult female chicken
a)
hen
b)
cow
c)
purebred
d)
pullet
61.
adult male chicken (not castrated)
a)
rooster
b)
crossbreeding
c)
culling
d)
polled
62.
male chicken that has been castrated
a)
capon
b)
gelding
c)
barrow
d)
steer
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