Sustainability
Production
Meat Science
Cooking/Nutrition
Biology
100

Chemical formulas for carbon dioxide and methane.

What is CO2 and CH4?

100

BCS scale range (cattle).

What is 1-9?

100

Most tender cut.

What is Tenderloin/Filet Mignon?

100

The length of time fresh ground beef can be stored in the fridge.

What is 1-2 days?

100

Number of chambers in a ruminant stomach.

What is 4?

200

T/F - The U.S. Beef Industry produces more beef with the lowest cattle inventory in the last 70 years.

What is TRUE?

200

Average calving age of a first calf heifer.

What is 2 years (24 mos.)?

200

The 3 USDA beef quality grades.

What is Prime, Choice, and Select?

200

Suggested internal temperature of steak (per USDA).

What is 140-145F?

200

T/F - Emastication refers to the 'burping' of ruminants.

What is FALSE? - refers to 're-chewing' their regurgitated feed.

300

T/F - 2/3 of U.S. agricultural land is unsuitable for crop production or human use.

What is TRUE?

300

Top 3 beef cattle breeds in the U.S.

What is Black Angus, Red Angus, and Hereford?

300

4 Beef Primal Cuts.

What is the Round, Loin, Rib, and Chuck?

300

Suggested internal temperature of ground beef (per USDA).

*Extra 50 pts. if your team can explain why!

What is 160-165F?

300

Cow estrous cycle classification.

What is Polyestrous?

400

Reason why ruminants are 'super up cyclers.'

What is 'turning low-quality, human-inedible forage into a high-quality animal protein,'?

400

Top 3 Beef Cattle States.

What is Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri?

400

T/F - Grassfed beef often has more intramuscular fat (fat streaking).

What is FALSE?

400

Average grams of protein found in 4oz. of steak.

What is 25-26g?

400

Cow gestation period.

What is 9 mos. (283d)?

500

Percentage of U.S. GHG emissions accounted for by beef cattle industry (to the nearest 5%).

What is 2%?

500

Top 2 U.S. Beef export countries.

What is Japan and South Korea?

500

Name of the biomolecule responsible for red coloring of meat.

What is Oxymyoglobin?

500

Type of fatty acid commonly found in fish, and Wagyu beef.

What is Omega-3 Fatty Acid?

500

Number of incisors in adult cow/steer. 

What is 8?