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Poultry Quiz

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Egg yolks are one of the few foods that provide a natural source of ______.

a)

Calcium

b)

Vitamin D

c)

Vitamin C

d)

Vitamin E

2.

An average hen lays _____ eggs a year.

a)

100 - 150

b)

150 - 200

c)

200 - 275

d)

300 - 325

3.

Eggs contain ______, a nutrient that helps maintain brain cell membranes. It's importance to fetal brain development makes eating eggs part of a healthy diet for pregnant women.

a)

Choline

b)

Nutrine

c)

Pholine

d)

Elastine

4.

How can farmers see inside an egg without cracking it?

a)

Microscope

b)

Candling

c)

Hand Lens

d)

They Can't

5.

Eggs are especially high in ________.

a)

Cholesterol

b)

Protein

c)

Fat

d)

Carbohydrates

6.

Which of the following is not a culinary role of eggs?

a)

Leaven

b)

Thicken

c)

Bind

d)

Dehydrate

7.

Egg sizes are determined by _____ and ______.

a)

Hen Age and Breed

b)

Hen Age and Color

c)

Hen Personality and Breed

d)

Hen Color and Personality

8.

Sometimes eggs are spot-checked by the _____

a)

NAACP

b)

USDA

c)

FFA

d)

NFL

9.

Which of the following is not a requirement for healthy hens?

a)

Fresh Air

b)

Food

c)

Water

d)

Humidity

10.

Egg laying chickens are called____

a)

Hens

b)

Roosters

c)

Chicks

d)

Cockerel

11.

What do you call a young female chicken?

a)

Pullet

b)

Mullet

c)

Foal

d)

Heifer

12.

Egg protein is of such high quality that it is often used as the standard by which other protein foods are measured.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Hens are ready to lay eggs around ______ months of age.

a)

3

b)

6

c)

9

d)

12

14.

The most common eggs come from the _______.

a)

Rhode Island Red

b)

Single-Comb Leghorn

c)

Easter Eggers

d)

Plymouth Rock

15.

Egg farmers select strong healthy birds with good egg-laying records and genetics that help with things like disease resistance.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Regardless of shell color, all eggs have the same genetic makeup and _______ value.

a)

Monetary

b)

Nutritional

c)

Economic

17.

The ______ color of a hen is another way to determine eggshell color.

a)

Earlobe

b)

Foot

c)

Beak

d)

Skin

18.

Almost ____ of the egg’s protein is in the yolk.

a)

All

b)

None

c)

Half