Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm Terms
30 August 2010
A mare and colt in field of yellow flowers
This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
Today we have a test for you -- a vocabulary quiz. The words are all related to agriculture. We start with two questions about terms for plants.
Ready? First question: What do we call a plant that lives only one year or one growing season? That kind of plant is called an annual.
You can probably guess the next question. What do we call a plant that produces new growth year after year? Plants that keep growing back are called perennials.
Now we are going to ask some questions about terms for livestock.
What is another name for a male cow? A bull, right? Well, a "bull" can just mean a male cow that has not had its reproductive organs removed. If the animal was castrated as a calf, the name for it is -- what? The answer: a steer.
Next question: What is another name for a young cow? That should be easy. We just said it. A young cow is a calf.
But we have a special name for a young female cow, especially if it has not had a calf yet. What is that name? The answer: a heifer. Maybe you knew that. But can you spell it? This question is just for our radio listeners. Heifer is spelled H-E-I-F-E-R.
Cows, like all mammals, produce milk. There is a medical name for this process. What it is? The answer: lactate. Cows lactate for up to ten months.
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