Animal Science
Livestock Terminology
Soil Science
Plant Science
Definitions
Potpourri
100
Livestock with a monogastric digestive system have this number of compartments in their stomach.
What is one?
100
This is a female cattle that has given birth.
What is a cow?
100
This image represents this soil formation factor.
What is topography?
100
This is a cotyledon with two seed leaves.
What is a dicot?
100
This is a cotyledon with one seed leaf.
What is a monocot?
100
This is the largest component of all living things.
What is water?
200
Cattle have this type of digestive system.
What is polygastric (or ruminant)?
200
This is a newborn swine.
What is a piglet?
200
This soil horizon contains organic matter on the surface?
What is the O Horizon?
200
This is the number of elements that are essential for plant growth.
What is 16?
200
The basic structural and physiological unit of all life.
What are cells?
200
This is who every livestock owner should have a good relationship with.
What is a veterinarian?
300
This is what poultry have instead of teeth.
What is gizzard?
300
This is a male cattle that can reproduce.
What is a bull?
300
This is the practice of growing plants in water.
What is hydroponics?
300
This is the part of the plant where photosynthesis takes place.
What are the leaves?
300
This is the male portion of the flower.
What is the stamen?
300
This breed of dairy cattle produces the most milk on average.
What is holstein?
400
This is another name for intramuscular fat.
What is marbling?
400
This is a newborn horse.
What is a foal?
400
This component of soil contains decomposed plant and animal residue.
What is organic matter?
400
This vascular tissue conducts water throughout the plant.
What is the xylem?
400
This is what AI stands for in animal science.
What is artificial insemination?
400
This vascular tissue conducts food and metabolites throughout the plant.
What is the phloem?
500
Before slaughtering an animal, one should wait until these are removed from its system.
What are drugs/medicine?
500
This is a male horse that cannot reproduce.
What is a gelding?
500
This is the process of nutrients being removed from the soil by water.
What is leaching?
500
This part of the plant is where sexual reproduction takes place.
What is the flower?
500
This is the process in which light energy is converted into chemical energy in the form of sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
500
90% of all dairy cattle are of this breed.
What is Holstein?