Plants
Animals
Ranching
Agriculture
Wildlife
100
Parallel Veins, hollow stems, prominent nodes
What is a "grass"
100
Type of animal that consumes only plants
What is a herbivore?
100
How much water will a cow drink in a day?
What is 15 to 17 gallons
100
Nebraska is ranked __________ in the number of cattle on feed.
What is first
100
Requires "weeds", and other forbs for habitat
What is upland game birds
200
I have 'net-like' veins, solid stems and generally a flower of some kind. I start growth from roots.
What is a forb?
200
An animal that eats only meat products?
What is a carnivore?
200
How much will a cow eat in a day?
What is 2% of body weight. 1000 pound cow will eat 20 pounds of dry matter.
200
Nebraska farms and ranches utilize what percent of the state land area
What is 93%
200
Share the rangeland with livestock, but do not compete for the same feed during the summer?
What is deer/antelope. They are browsers, not grazers.
300
I have 'net-like' veins in my leaves, a solid stem and produce flowers. I begin new growth each year from buds.
What is a shrub.
300
An animal that eats both meat and plant products?
What is an omnivore?
300
The practice of moving livestock to graze from one pasture to another is called?
What is rotational grazing?
300
How many acres are in grass and/or pasture in Nebraska?
What is 23 million acres (half is in the Sandhill region)
300
Smallest component of circle of life, after plants.
What is Insects.
400
I have parallel veins, a solid stem that is not jointed.
What is a grass-like plant?
400
What class of herbivore eats shrubs, trees and forbs?
What is a 'browser"?
400
The practice of leaving cattle in one pasture all summer long?
What is continuous season-long grazing.
400
Range of precipitation from east to west
What is 30" in east to 18" in west
400
What 3 habitat components do wildlife require
What is cover, food, and water.
500
This is the most important plant in a grass land ecosystem
What is grasses, forbs, and shrubs.
500
An animal that dines on grasses and/or grass-like plants?
What is a grazer?
500
The equivalent to one 1000 pound cow grazing for one month
What is an AUM (animal unit month)
500
Number 1 'cow county' in the nation
What is Cherry County, Nebraska
500
The 'top of the food chain'.
What is humans
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