Calve, Calves, Calved, Calving Quiz

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Calve, Calves, Calved, Calving Quiz Questions

1. The ancient Greeks sacrificed lambs or _____ before engaging in battle.

A. Calve

B. Calves

C. Calved

D. Calving

2. It is also known as _____ in livestock or whelping in meat-eating mammals.

A. Calved

B. Calves

C. Calving

D. Calve

3. _____ is the act of a cow or heifer giving birth to a calf.

A. Calved

B. Calving

C. Calves

D. Calve

4. He sold all his one-year-old _____.

A. Calving

B. Calved

C. Calves

D. Calve

5. Kettles are landforms created by melted water from glaciers, a process called "fluvioglacial." When warming weather conditions cause a glacier to start melting, large blocks of ice can break off in a process called "_____." Rather than melting on the surface of the ground, the ice block can get partially or totally buried by dirt, rocks, and plant matter - the "sediment" carried in the glacier together with its ice content.

A. Calved

B. Calving

C. Calve

D. Calves

6. They feed in the cold Arctic waters and _____ and mate in the warm, protected tropical lagoons of the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

A. Calve

B. Calving

C. Calved

D. Calves

7. They migrate over a year between their winter range and _____ grounds on the Beaufort Sea.

A. Calves

B. Calved

C. Calve

D. Calving

8. Herds of cows are kept and are regularly mated with a bull, so that they produce _____.

A. Calve

B. Calving

C. Calves

D. Calved

9. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society has been carrying out surveys since 1999 to find out which areas are important for feeding and nursing _____.

A. Calve

B. Calves

C. Calved

D. Calving

10. The _____ are roped and branded.

A. Calve

B. Calving

C. Calved

D. Calves

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