Animal Husbandry
The study of animal behavior...
What is ethology
What Federal Agency is commonly known as the USDA?
What is the United States Department of Agriculture
The green pigment in leaves that traps light energy for photosynthesis
What is chlorophyll?
The three primary soil particle sizes
What are clay, silt, and sand?
What gas do cattle release into the atmosphere?
What is CO2
The state fourth in Animal Husbandry in the United States...
What is California
Which president established the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1862?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The male reproductive part of a flower that produces pollen
What is the stamen?
Under optimum conditions, this volume of soil may contain up to 4 billion bacteria, 1 million fungi, and 300,000 algae
What is one teaspoon?
What makes rumiants digestive system different from humans?
What is a four compartment stomach?
The hormone responsible for keeping a pregnancy viable...
What is progesterone
Passed in 1862, this federal act granted public land to states to sell and use the proceeds to establish agricultural and mechanical colleges?
What is the Morrill Act (aka Land Grant College Act)
The sugar produced as the primary energy output of photosynthesis.
What is glucose?
The three essential macronutrients in fertilizer?
What are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium?
What unique, sand paper like texture covers a cows tongue?
What is papillae?
The percentage of land used towards Animal Husbandry (not including ice)?
What is 30%?
What federal law requires employers to provide certain protections for agricultural workers who handle pesticides or work in treated areas?
What is the Worker Protection Standard (WSP)?
Growing plants without soil using mineral nutrient solutions in water
What is hydroponics?
Organisms that have had their genetic material altered using engineering techniques.
What are Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
What is the specific job of the Omasum compartment?
What is water absorption
The language which ranching originates from
What is spanish?
Who is the leading producer of Beef production in 2025/2026?
What is Brazil
The vascular tissue responsible for transporting water and minerals upward from the roots.
What is xylem?
Soil with a pH level below 7 is acidic, soil with a pH level at 7 is neutral. This is the term for soil with a pH level above 7.
What is alkaline or basic?
Name the four compartments of a ruminant's stomach?
What is Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum, and Abomasum