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Worksheets11.3 Sheep Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
QOTD: How many sheep are estimated to be in the United States?
1 Million
5 Million
10 Million
51 Million
QOTD: The number of sheep in the United States has _________ since the 1800's.
Decreased
Increased
Remained the same
QOTD: How much lamb and mutton does the average American consume in a year?
25 pounds
10 pounds
5 pounds
1 pound
QOTD: How much lamb and mutton does the average American consume in a year?
25 pounds
10 pounds
5 pounds
1 pound
QOTD: How much lamb and mutton does the average Australian consume in a year?
25 pounds
10 pounds
5 pounds
1 pound
QOTD: When is the optimal breeding season for most sheep?
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
QOTD: Why is the fall the optimal breeding season for sheep?
They are seasonal breeders.
Their reproductive cycle is influenced by the length of day.
Estrus begins when the days get shorter.
All of the anwers are correct.
QOTD: Why are lambs' tails docked at birth?
Lambs are not born with tails.
The tails are long and can collect feces and debris that can cause disease.
So that the lambs won't trip over them.
Because lambs look weird with tails.
QOTD: What does docking tails mean?
The tails are notched.
The sheep is castrated.
The tail is sheared.
The tail or most of it is removed.
QOTD: Sheep are more susceptible to internal parasites because ______.
they are aggressive foragers.
they are ruminants.
they don't eat enough grain.
they don't drink enough water.
Vocabulary: Sheep that are a cross between long-wool breeds and fine-wool breeds.
crossbred-wool breeds
fine-wool breeds
long-wool breeds
medium-wool breeds
Vocabulary: Sheep that are primarily used for finer wool production and have less value as a meat animal.
crossbred-wool breeds
fine-wool breeds
long-wool breeds
medium-wool breeds
Vocabulary: Sheep that are primarily used for lamb and mutton and produce a less valuable fleece than fine-wool breeds.
hair sheep
fine-wool breeds
long-wool breeds
medium-wool breeds
Vocabulary: Large sheep that are primarily raised for their long, coarse, wool fiber.
crossbred-wool breeds
fine-wool breeds
long-wool breeds
medium-wool breeds
Vocabulary: Breeds of sheep that have a higher ratio of hair-to-wool fibers than wool sheep.
crossbred-wool breeds
hair sheep
long-wool breeds
medium-wool breeds
Vocabulary: A smaller sheep operation that typically has fewer than 100 ewes and is a secondary enterprise for the producer.
range production
farm flock
hair sheep
seasonal use
Vocabulary: Typically, large commercial (non-registered) flocks of sheep that have more than 1000 head of ewes.
range production
farm flock
purebred producers
seasonal use production
Vocabulary: Systems that make use of farm-produced roughage such as winter pasture or crop residue to serve as a source of nutrition for bred or open ewes.
range production
farm flock
purebred producers
seasonal use production
Vocabulary: Ranchers or sheep producers who mainly raise purebred replacement breeding sheep to market to other sheep producers.
range production
farm flock
purebred producers
seasonal use production
Vocabulary: Wool in its natural state.
fleece
natural wool
oily wool
greasy wool
Vocabulary: The woolly coat of sheep.
fleece
natural wool
oily wool
greasy wool
Vocabulary: A tender primal cut of lamb/mutton that may be cooked as a roast or cut into chops.
leg
loin
rack
shoulder
Vocabulary: A tender primal cut of lamb/mutton.
leg
loin
rack
shoulder
Vocabulary: A tender primal cut of lamb or mutton that is usually deboned and cooked as a roast.
leg
loin
rack
shoulder
Vocabulary: The rib primal cut of lamb/mutton.
leg
loin
rack
shoulder
Vocabulary: The scientific term for sheep.
bovine
caprine
ovine
porcine
Vocabulary: The number of animals on a given amount of land over a certain period
capacity
stocking rate
seasonal production
acreage
Which of these are wool producing breeds?
Ramboillet
Lincoln
Suffolk
Dorper
Which of these breeds are primarily raised for lamb and mutton?
Dorset
Lincoln
Suffolk
Merino
Which of these breeds are hair sheep?
Dorper
Hampshire
Katahdin
Southdown
Which of these breed is a crossbred-wool breed?
Columbia
Dorper
Dorset
Shropshire
Name part A.
Face
Muzzle
Neck
Nose
Name part B.
Hoof
Knee
Leg
Pastern
Name part D
Rack
Leg
Hip
Dock
Which of the following is NOT a main primal cut of lamb?
Breast
Leg
Loin
Rack
