Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Block: ____
Animal Science – Poultry Unit Test
1. Pick two different breeds of chicken and describe the following: two characteristics, one positive trait,
one negative trait, and their purpose. Your two breeds should have different purposes (eggs, meat or
dual purpose).
Breed
Characteristics
1.
1.
2.
2.
Positive Trait
Negative Trait
Purpose
2. Name one major event in the poultry industry that occurred in each of the following era:
a. 1920s and 1930s
a. ___________________________________________________
b. 1940s
b. ___________________________________________________
c. 1950s and 1960s
c. ___________________________________________________
d. 1970s to present
d. ___________________________________________________
3. Define:
a. Broiler
a. __________________________________________________________
b. Broody
b. __________________________________________________________
c. Poult
c. __________________________________________________________
d. Capon
d. __________________________________________________________
Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Block: ____
4. Put 6 out of the 8 steps of vertical integration in order from beginning to end.
5. Write 6 steps in the poultry meat processing sequence in order starting after the chickens have been
delivered to the processing plant.
Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Block: ____
6. Name two things that are done in the “further processing” step.
a.
b.
8. Name three things that are required by law in order to label eggs “certified organic”.
a.
b.
c.
9. Name two parts of the chicken’s reproductive anatomy and name one event that happens in that
structure regarding the formation of an egg.
a.
b.
10. Name three characteristics used to grade eggs.
a.
b.
c.
Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ______________ Block: ____
A. Vent
D. Cloaca
AC. Vagina
B. Isthmus
E. Magnum
AD. Infundibulum
C. Oviduct
AB. Ovary
AE. Uterus
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A. Thin albumen
C. Yolk membrane
E. Shell
AC. Inner shell membrane
AE. Germination disc
B. Air cell
D. Yolk
AB. Chalaza
AD. Outer shell membrane
BC. Thick albumen