Words to Make You Think
To adapt the behavior of an animal to fit the needs of people.
Domesticate
How tall were horses original ancestors?
1 foot
What is the most domesticated crop in the world?
Corn
A material that comes from the lunges of animals and is used to prevent blood clotting during operations; it also prevents heart attacks.
Heparin
The treatment of food with radioactive isotopes to kill bacteria, insects, and molds that are present in food.
Food Irradiation
What was the most recently domesticated animal I talked about in my lecture?
Chickens
What is the most genetically motified crop in the world?
Corn
Identification and use for breeding purposes of those animals with traits that are considered by the breeder to be desirable.
Selection
The prohibited practice of using chemical or mechanical irritants of the forelegs of horses.
Soring
When we breed animals for agricultural purposes we do ______ to choose specific traits.
Artificial Selections
What is the most important thing to look for when domesticating a new crop?
Production rate.
Humped cattle originating in tropical countries and common in modern cattle production in the united states.
Bos Indicus
An animal that has a simple, one compartment stomach; for example: pigs, horses, and poultry.
Nonruminant
Binomial Nomenclature
What is the study of plants called?
Botany
A hormone, also known as adrenaline, that is produced by the medulla of the adrenal glands in mammals.
Epinephrine
European wild boar
Sus Scrofa
What is the most important characteristic for an animal to have for easy domestication.
Group living
When we grow plants for purposes other then food and goods this is called.
Horticulture
A system used to monitor the production of food (developed for NASA in 1971); currently used on a voluntary basis at many meat and poultry processing plants.
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points