Broad industry engaged in the production of plants and animals for food and fiber; the provision of agricultural supplies and services; and the processing, marketing, and distribution of agriculture products.
What is agriculture?
100
A theory by a scientist as to the cause or effect of a phenomena. This is tested by experimentation and other types of research.
What is a hypothesis?
100
The belly of an animal. In swine it refers to the mammary system of the female.
What is underline?
100
The highest level of scientific classification (kingdom) to which all animals belong.
What is animalia?
100
This act, passed in 1862, provided public land and funds for establishing universities to teach practical methods of manufacturing and producing food and fiber
What is the Morrill Land Grant Act?
200
Animals raised under the care of humans are said to be this.
What is domesticated?
200
The process of an animal's giving milk.
What is lactation?
200
choosing the best and desired animals and using those animals for breeding purposes.
What is selective breeding?
200
Analyzing an animal's blood to determine the animal's ancestry.
What is blood typing?
200
This was one of the important developments we discussed from chapter 1 that came about that revolutionized animal agriculture.
What is Animal Immunization / Refrigeration / Artificial Insemination / Embryo Transfer?
300
Chemical substances, secreted by various glands in an animal's body, that produce a certain effect.
What are hormones?
300
The process of injecting an animal with certain microorganisms in an effort to make the animal immune to specific diseases.
What is vaccinating?
300
When this happens, offspring almost always look like the parents.
What is breeding true?
300
A category of individuals having common attributes as a logical division of a genus; the second name in the binomial nomenclature identifying an organism.
What are species?
300
The 2 word naming system where animals are classified scientifically.
What is binomial nomenclature?
400
The length of time from conception to birth.
What is gestation?
400
The father of an animal?
What is a sire?
400
A class or group marked by common characteristics and comprised of structurally related organisms; the first name in the binomial nomenclature identifying an organism.
What is a genus?
400
The divisions following and within a phyla or subphyla.
What are classes?
400
An organization that promotes a certain breed of animal. They control the registration process of purebred animals of that breed.
What is a breed association?
500
A chicken approximately eight weeks old that weighs 2 and 1/2 pounds or more.
What is a broiler?
500
The offspring of animals.
What is progeny?
500
An animal that is naturally hornless?
What is polled?
500
In animals of the phylum Chordata a stringy rodlike structure that is made of tough elastic tissue which is present in the emryo.
What is a notochord?
500
2 ways that we classify animals by use.
What is meat animals/ work animals / dual purpose animals / wool / milk / egg?