WorksheetsThe Egg and its Parts
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What material/substance makes up an eggshell?
Carbon Dioxide
Calcium Oxide
Calcium Carbonate
Sodium Chloride
The clear casing that encloses an egg yolk.
Inner membrane
Outer membrane
Membrana Putaminis
Vitteline membrane
A circular white spot on the surface of the yolk where sperm enters to fertilize the egg.
Circular disc
Germinal disc
Sperm portal
Nucleus
The innermost thick white around the vitelline membrane of the yolk.
Exterior albumen
Middle albumen
Internal albumen
Nucleus of Pander
Thick white substances that are twisted in the opposite directions to keep the yolk centered.
Cuticle or bloom
Vitelline membrane
Chalazae
White yolk
A space that is formed at the larger end of the shell as the egg ages.
Air cell
Air packet
Bloom
Cuticle
An area located at the center of the yolk which is lower in fat. It is also known as the latebra.
Yellow yolk
Egg white
White yolk
Germinal disc
It is the outer coating of an egg shell.
Bloom or cuticle
Outer membrane
External albumen
Membrana putaminis
The shell membrane that sticks to the albumen.
Inner membrane
Outer membrane
Internal albumen
External albumen
The shell membrane that sticks to the egg shell.
Inner membrane
Outer membrane
Internal albumen
External albumen
What part of an egg is encircled?
Vitelline membrane
Germinal disc
Air cell
Outer membrane
What parts of egg are encircled?
Inner and outer membrane
External and internal albumen
Chalazae
Vitelline membrane
What part of an egg is encircled?
Nucleus of Pander
White yolk
Yellow yolk
Germinal disc
How many days is the chicken egg's incubation period?
18 days
21 days
24 days
27 days
Which of the eggs are likely to hatch into new chicks?
Fertilized; unincubated
Fertilized; incubated
Unfertilized; incubated
Unfertilized; unincubated
