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Equine Unit Test

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a Mare?
a)
A mature female horse
b)
a mature male horse
c)
a young horse still nursing
d)
a young female horse
e)
a young intact male horse
2.
What is a Colt?
a)
a young intact male horse
b)
A mature female horse
c)
a mature male horse
d)
a young horse still nursing
e)
a young female horse
3.
What is a Filly?
a)
a young female horse
b)
A mature female horse
c)
a mature male horse
d)
a young horse still nursing
e)
a young intact male horse
4.
What is a Foal?
a)
a young horse still nursing
b)
A mature female horse
c)
a mature male horse
d)
a young female horse
e)
a young intact male horse
5.
What is a Gelding?
a)
a castrated male horse of any age
b)
A mature female horse
c)
a mature male horse
d)
a young horse still nursing
e)
a young female horse
6.
What is a Stallion?
a)
a mature male horse
b)
A mature female horse
c)
a young horse still nursing
d)
a young female horse
e)
a young intact male horse
7.
How large are light horses?
a)
14-17 hands and 900-1,400 pounds
b)
less than 14 hands and around 1,000 pounds
c)
14-17 hands around 1,000 pounds
d)
14-17 hands and 1,400+ pounds
8.

How large are Draft horses?

a)
14-17 hands and 900-1,400 pounds
b)
10-12 hands and 1,000 pounds
c)
14-17 hands around 1,000 pounds
d)
14-17+ hands and 1,400+ pounds
9.

How large are ponies?

a)
14-17 hands and 900-1,400 pounds
b)
10-12 hands and 1,000 pounds
c)

Less than 14 hands and 500-900 pounds

d)
14-17+ hands and 1,400+ pounds
10.
How was the horse first used?
a)
Weapon
b)
Pet
c)
Food
d)
Entertainment
11.
Who first kept herds of horses for use other than food?
a)
Chinese
b)
Native Americans
c)
Greek
d)
Italians
12.
Looking at this horse, what color is it's coat?
a)
White
b)
Grey
c)
Grulla
d)
Buckskin
13.
Looking at this horse, what color is it's coat?
a)
White
b)
Grey
c)
Grulla
d)
Buckskin
14.
Looking at this horse, what color is it's coat?
a)
Red Roan
b)
Grey
c)
Grulla
d)
Buckskin
15.
What is the most popular racing breed in North America?
a)
Quarter Horse
b)
Thoroughbred
c)
Morgan
d)
Arabian
16.

What is the most popular breed in North America used for cattle?

a)
Quarter Horse
b)
Thoroughbred
c)
Morgan
d)
Arabian
17.
This breed has a solid body with white patches over the hips.
a)
Morgan
b)
Paint
c)
Appaloosa
d)
Clydesdale
18.
What is this face marking?
a)
Stripe
b)
Blaze
c)
Snip
d)
Star
19.
What is this face marking?
a)
Stripe
b)
Blaze
c)
Snip
d)
Bald Face
20.

A hand measurement is equal to (a)   inches

21.

What is a farrier?

a)

A person who cares for horses' hooves

b)

A person who washes horses

c)

A person who helps a vet.

d)

A horse trainer

22.

When I refer to equine I am referring to a (a)  

23.

Looking at this horse, what color is it?

a)

Blue roan

b)

Black

c)

Bay

d)

Sorrel

24.

Looking at this horse, what color is it?

a)

Blue roan

b)

Black

c)

Chestnut

d)

Sorrel

25.

Looking at this horse, what color is it?

a)

Blue roan

b)

Palomino

c)

Chestnut

d)

Sorrel

26.

Looking at this horse, what color is it?

a)

Blue roan

b)

Palomino

c)

Chestnut

d)

Sorrel

27.

Select the 4 groups that reintroduced horses back to North America?

a)

Missionaries

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

De Soto

d)

Cortez

e)

Conquistadors

28.

Christopher Columbus brought (a)   horses over in his second voyage.

29.

Missouri is ranked _ in horse population.

(a)  

30.

There are __ horses in the USA

a)

7.2 Billion

b)

5 Billion

c)

7.2 million

d)

8 million

31.

How many sets of teeth do horses have?

(a)