Title:
Test Your Word Knowledge With a Quiz About Farm
Terms
Description: This is
a VOA Special English Agriculture Report.
See text below
Text:
Today we have a vocabulary quiz. We start with two
questions about terms for plants. OK, first
question: What is the name for a plant that lives
only one year or one growing season? This kind of
plant is called an annual. Think of an "annual
report," a report published just once a year. 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. So a perennial is the opposite of an
annual. Perennials come back year after year. Now
some questions about terms for livestock. What is
another name for a male cow? A bull, right? Well,
not always. A male cow is usually called a bull only
if it still has its reproductive organs. If not, we
call it a -- what? The answer: a steer. Next
question: What is another name for a young cow? A
very young cow is called a calf. But a young female
cow, especially one that has not had a calf yet, has
a special name. Do you know what it is? The answer:
a heifer. Maybe you knew that. But here is question
just for our radio listeners -- can you spell it?
Heifer is spelled H-E-I-F-E-R. Cows, like all
mammals, lactate. Our next question is: do you know
what that means? To lactate means to produce milk.
Cows lactate for up to ten months. In milk, fat
rises to the top. But some people do not like to
drink milk that way. So there is a process that
reduces the size of the fat particles and mixes them
all through the milk. This process has a name -- a
long name. What is it? It's called homogenization.
Still with us? OK, another question. Milk can be
made into cheese. Some people like cheese made with
milk from a sheep. What do you call a female sheep?
The answer: a ewe, spelled E-W-E. Male sheep have
their own name. A male sheep is a -- what? A ram.
Rams and ewes produce lambs. A lamb is a sheep less
than a year old. But what do you call the meat from
a sheep over a year old? Then we call it mutton. Age
also plays a part in terms for horses. For example,
a mare is generally a female three years or older.
But what do you call a female horse under three? The
answer: a filly. And for extra credit: do you know
the name for a male horse under four? A colt. For
VOA Special English, I'm Carolyn Presutti.
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