Chapter 1: vocabulary

Question 1

The combination of disciplines that together comprise the study of domestic animals

Answer 1

Animals Science

Question 2

The combination of science and art used to cultivate and grow crops and livestock and process the products

Answer 2

Agriculture

Question 3

Those species that have been brought under human control and that have adapted to life with humans

Answer 3

Domestic

Question 4

In this context culture refers to the set of occupational activities, economic structures, believes/values, social forms, and material traits that define our actions and activities.

Answer 4

Culture

Question 5

People support their needs by hunting game, fishing, and gathering edible and medicinal plants.

Answer 5

Hunter-gatherer

Question 6

Anyone who practices agriculture by managing and cultivating livestock and or crops

Answer 6

Farmer

Question 7

In modern context, this refers to what we consider a fairly high level of cultural and technological development.

Answer 7

Civilization

Question 8

The science of hereditary and the variation of inherited characteristics.

Answer 8

Genetics

Question 9

The transmission of genetic characteristic form parent to offspring.

Answer 9

Heredity

Question 10

The use of biometry and genetics to improve farm animal production.

Answer 10

Animal breeding

Question 11

The application of statistics to topics in biology.

Answer 11

Biometry

Question 12

The set of rules by which information encoded in genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences) is translated into proteins (amino acid sequences) by living cells.

Answer 12

Genetic code

Question 13

The study of nutrients and how the body uses them

Answer 13

Nutrition

Question 14

The study of the physical and chemical processes of an animal or any of the body systems or cells of the animal.

Answer 14

Physiology

Question 15

The study and practice of maintaining animals as near to a constant state of health as is possible and feasible.

Answer 15

Animal health

Question 16

The study of animal welfare assessment, optimizing production, behavioral control, behavioral disorders, and behavioral genetics.

Answer 16

Animal behavior

Question 17

The science of handling, distributing, and marketing meat and meat products.

Answer 17

Meat science

Question 18

The flesh of animals used for food.

Answer 18

Meat

Question 19

The science of providing milk and milk products as food.

Answer 19

Dairy product science

Question 20

A collective set of tools and applications of living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific uses.

Answer 20

Biotechnology

Question 21

Those resources that can be replaced or produced by natural ecological cycles or management systems.

Answer 21

Renewable resources

Question 22

An animal that eats both animal and plant based feeds.

Answer 22

Omnivore.

Question 23

A measurement of the nutrients provided in a food compared to the calories it contains.

Answer 23

Nutrient Density

Question 24

The total of the foods and water being consumed by an individual or a group.

Answer 24

Diet

Question 25

Those amino acids required by the body that must be consumed in the diet.

Answer 25

Essential Amino Acids

Question 26

Receiving inadequate nourishment for proper health and growth.

Answer 26

Undernourished

Question 27

An animal whose major purpose is to perform work that involves hauling or pulling. An ox or a horse pulling a plow or wagon is a draft animal.

Answer 27

Draft animal

Question 28

Per unit of population: by or for each person.

Answer 28

Per capita

Question 29

Gas or liquid fuel made from biological materials such as crops and animal waste.

Answer 29

Biofuel