Incubation
Embryology
Parts of the Egg
Vocabulary
4-H
100

An instrument that measures temperature is called a ______.

What is Thermometer?

100

What is the word we use to describe the unborn chicks?

What is embryo?

100

The outside of the egg that is very hard is called ____.

What is shell?

100

This is what is inside a fertile egg.

What is embryo?

100

What is the emblem for 4-H?

What is four leaf clover?

200

What is the thing called that provides the heat for the eggs in your classroom?

What is incubator?

200

What is the word that means the study of development and formation of the embryo?

What is embryology?

200

The yellow part of the egg that provides food and nourishment for the embryo is called ____.

What is yolk?

200

This is the first crack in an eggshell.

What is pip?

200

What youth organization sponsors embryology projects across the county?

What is 4-H?

300

What temperature should the eggs be kept at during incubation?

What is 100 degrees?

300

How many days should it take a baby chick to develop inside the egg before it hatches?

What is 21 days?

300

What is inside the shell that becomes thicker once incubation starts and helps protect the embryo growing inside?

What is membranes?

300

Where are fertile eggs kept before they hatch?

What is incubator?

300

What are the colors of 4-H?

What are green and white?

400

What needs to be done each day to keep the embryo from sticking to the side of the shell?

What is turning?

400

How old are chicks when they become full grown chickens?

What is six months?

400

When you candle the egg, this is the clear area at the end of the egg.

What is air cell?

400

What do chicks use to break out of their shell?

What is egg tooth?

400

What do the four H's stand for?

What is head, heart, hands, health?

500

Water in the bottom of the incubator provides the proper _____.

What is humidity?

500

In order for an egg to hatch, it must be ____.

What is fertile?
500

This is the how air gets through the shell to the embryo.

What is pores?

500

What is the word used to describe looking inside the egg to check for development?

What is candling?

500

Who is the Alamance County 4-H Agent?

Who is Sarah Maddry?