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WorksheetsAg Science 17 Grassland characteristics and growth
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What are the three values grassland is based on? (Multiple Answers)
Stocking Rate
Digestibility
Productivity
Botanical Composition
Number of animals that can graze on a set area of land refers to......
Stocking rate
Digestibility
Botanical Composition
Productivity
Botanical Composition refers to...
The taste of the grass
The amount of grass produced by the pasture
Number of animals that can stock on a set area of land
Range of grasses, plants and vegetation present.
Which of the following are categories of grassland.
Hilly grassland
Permanent grassland
Leys
Rough hill & mountain
Rough mountain grazing would have ________ levels of botanical composition, _________ stocking rate and _________ production levels.
(a)
Permanent grassland would have ________ quality grasses, _________ stocking rate and _________ production levels compared to mountain grazing.
(a)
Leys would have ________ levels of botanical composition, _________ stocking rate and _________ production levels
(a)
Which of the following categories of grassland was never ploughed>
Leys
Permanent grassland
Mountain grazing
Hilly land
Which of the following categories of grassland needs to be reseeded every few years?
Mountain grazing
Permanent grassland
Leys
Hilly land
When investigating the botanical composition of a grassland, you randomly place your quadrat throughout the field ten times. You discover clover is present in the quadrat seven times. What is the percentage frequency of clover in this grassland?
50%
60%
70%
80%
When investigating the botanical composition of a grassland, you randomly place your quadrat throughout the field ten times. You discover perennial ryegrass and clover is present in all the quadrats. What type of grassland would this most likely be?
Mountain grazing
Permanent grassland
Ley
Hilly land
Arrange the three stages of growth in a grass plant
Reproduction, Vegetative, Elongation
Vegetative, Elongation, Reproduction
Vegetative, Reproduction, Elongation
Reproduction, Elongation, Vegetative
Tillering is the growth of (a) shoots from a plant.
Grass plant finishes elongation stage when ______________ starts to emerge.
Seed head
Flower
Leaves
The three most important characteristics of grass
Shape, Height, Colour
Colour, Productivity, Palatability
Colour, Productivity, Palatability
Digestibility, Productivity, Palatability
DMD is short for
Dry Matter Drainage
Dry Matter Digestibility
Digestible Matter Dry
Drained Matter Digestibility
The amount of feed an animal consumes, excluding its water content refers to
Dry Matter
Dry Matter Digestibility
Dry Matter Intake
Grass is composed of _________ and soluble ___________.
(a)
Grass is highly digestible in the vegetative stage which a DMD of approx ______%
50%
60%
70%
80%
By Mid-May, plant enters the reproductive stage and starts producing flowering stems to support the seed head of the grass. What is needed to provide strength in the stem?
Protein
Carbohydrates
Fibre
Vitamins
Italian ryegrass produces ____% more herbage than perennial ryegrass however is a biennial plants and needs to be reseeded every two years.
10%
20%
30%
40%
White Clover has the ability to fix (a) reducing the need of artificial fertiliser and ultimately reducing costs.
Define productivity
refers to taste etc, in other words how appealing the grass is
the ability of a grass to produce large amount of herbage/to respond to a fertiliser.
is a rating of the ability of an animal to digest a certain feed.
Define digestability
refers to taste etc, in other words how appealing the grass is
the ability of a grass to produce large amount of herbage/to respond to a fertiliser.
is a rating of the ability of an animal to digest a certain feed.
Define palitability
refers to taste etc, in other words how appealing the grass is
the ability of a grass to produce large amount of herbage/to respond to a fertiliser.
is a rating of the ability of an animal to digest a certain feed.
