Q 01/05

A baby goat is called what?

A) A calf

B) A foal

C) A kid

D) A lamb

Answer · why

C) A kid

The word comes from the Latin haedus; adult females are does or nanny goats and males are bucks or billy goats.

Q 02/05

Which farm animal is the main source of wool?

A) Sheep

B) Goat

C) Cow

D) Pig

Answer · why

A) Sheep

Wool is the most widely used animal fibre in the world and is usually harvested by shearing once a year.

Q 03/05

A cow's stomach has how many compartments?

A) One

B) Two

C) Six

D) Four

Answer · why

D) Four

The rumen is the biggest of them and hosts the microbes that let cattle digest grass; the animals regurgitate and re-chew their food as cud.

Q 04/05

An adult female sheep is called what?

A) A doe

B) A ewe

C) A hen

D) A jenny

Answer · why

B) A ewe

A male is a ram, a castrated male a wether, and the meat of a young animal is lamb while older animals give mutton.

Q 05/05

Pigs roll in mud mainly to do what?

A) Hide from predators

B) Cool down

C) Find food

D) Mark territory

Answer · why

B) Cool down

Their eccrine sweat glands are limited to the snout, so evaporative cooling from a wallow does what sweat cannot; it also protects against sunburn.