Farm Life Vocabulary
Crops: What are crops?
Plants grown on farms for food.
This story character made bread all by herself.
The Little Red Hen.
What do we call female cows? What do they have that feeds baby cows milk?
We call them cows and they have utters ( teats) that allow them to feed their calfs.
male sheep is called a? What do they have that females don't?
Ram. They often have horns
What animals are usually found on a farm ( name 4).
Chickens , cows, sheep, pigs, horses etc.
Grazing: grazing is when farm _________ eat low-growing plants in a field or pasture.
What is animals: such as sheep,cows,etc.
This character owns a farm with pigs, chickens, sheep, and cows?
Old Mc Donald.
What animal has a baby called a calf?
Cows produce babies known as calfs.
Female sheep are called ? The feed _____ to their babies.
Ewes. They feed milk to their babies
What is one crop grown on farms that most farm animals eat?
Hay, corn, or wheat.
True or false: Pen: do farms put animals in a pen or barn at night to keep them safe ?
True: some animals go into a barn, coop, or pen at night to keep them together and safe from peditors.
What were some of the other characters in the story of the LRH?
Dog, cat,pig, etc
What is the name of a male cow?What does it have that female cows usually don't?
A Bull, it has horns and is usually lager in size.
Baby sheep are called_____.
Lambs.
T/F: Pests are bugs and animals that farmers love having on their farm?
False, pests eat plants and destroy crops. Farmers do not like them.
True or false:Produce: Produce is the place in a supermarket that we store meat and cheese thats read to buy?
False: produce are any fruits or vegetables grown to sell at a market or grocery store. At a store we call the fruits and veggies isle the " produce isle".
The little red hen planted_______ seeds?
Wheat seeds.
What do we call a male chicken? What do male chickens have ontop of their head that hens do not? What do male roasters do in the morning?
A Roaster, it has a red comb on top of it's head. They crow when the sun comes up.
Hogs. sows.
Harvest time is when crops are still growing and they're not ripe yet?
False: Harvest time is when crops have reach full maturation and are ready to be picked.
Is a flock a group of sheep cared for by a farmer of Shepard?
Yes. A flock of sheep is more than one sheep- usually between 7-10 or more sheep.
T/F Old Mc. Donald never buys groceries from the store?
False. He only grows limited crops and raises some animals. Anything he doesn't produce he buys at the store.
We call female chickens ___" They lay eggs which hatch into baby _______.
Hens. They lay eggs that hatch into baby chickens called " chics".
Baby pigs are called___________. They eat________ until they are grown?
Piglets, they drink milk until they are more grown.
T/F people always buy food straight from the farm?
False, food is sold to stores after being packaged at a factory. We buy food from stores and farmers markets.