equine science jeopardy!. vitals gaitsnutritionanatomyhealth 100 200 300 100 200 300 400 500 400 500
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Equine Science Jeopardy!
VITALS GAITS NUTRITION ANATOMY HEALTH
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11
The normal body temperature of an
adult horse.98.6F 100F 103F
22
The average heart rate for an adult
horse at rest? 200 90 35
33
The normal respiration rate for an adult horse at
rest.
10 35 75 100
44
. Name three things that will increase the respiration
rate of a horse.
55
Identify the type of horse that will have a normal
higher temperature, respiration and heart rate.
66
A four beat gait … clip clop clip clop.
Jog or Trot Walk Canter or Lope
77
A 2-beat gait. The feet move in diagonal pairs
making a clip-clop, clip-clop sound.
Walk Trot/Jog Canter/Lope
7788
A 3-beat gait that lifts all four of the horse’s feet
completely off the ground at the same time.
99
A thunderous roll of all four feet moving at a
fast pace.
1010
The speed of a race horse in a graceful super-speedy
galloping gait.
1111
Name the two main ingredients a horse needs
in his daily diet.
1212
How much water can a horse easily drink in one
day?
15 30 60 100
1313
Founder, colic, overweight, underweight,
poor hooves or coat quality.
1414
Horse’s age, condition, activity, metabolism and
the seasonal climate.
1515
This should be the main part of a horse’s diet
every day.
1616
Name four physiology systems of an equine.
1717
The number of bones in a skeleton of a horse.
1818
The horse uses it to find food, water and identify other
horses and humans.
1919
Name an undesirable trait of the horse’s jawbone.
2020
The number of muscles controlling each of the horse’s ears so that they can turn their
ears in almost any direction.
2121
This can damage a horse’s tissue, internal organs, blood vessels, intestines, liver, lungs,
and stomach.
Name three ways to prevent disease.
2222
Fiddleneck, Oleander, Yellow Star Thistle, and Wild Onion are a few.
2323
Type of fencing not recommended for horses.
2424
Name 4 habits of good horsemanship.
2525
11
What is 100F?
22
What is 35 beats per minute?
33
What is 10 times per minute?
(8-16 average)
44
What is exercise, temperature, humidity,
fever, stress, pain, dehydration, and/or
anxiety?
55
What is a foal?
66
What is a walk?
77
What is a Trot or Jog?
88
What is Canter or Lope?
99
What is a Gallop or Running?
1010
What is 45 miles per hour?
1111
What is water and roughage (hay, grains, mixed feeds, pasture)?
1212
What is 15 gallons? (depending upon activity
level and climate)
1313
What might happen if you feed your horse too much, too little or poor
quality feed?
1414
What determines what and how much to feed
your horse?
1515
What is good quality hay?
What are the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, nervous, endocrine, reproductive and/or
integumentary?
1616
What is 205?
(vertebral column, 54; ribs, 36; sternum, 1; skull, 34; thoracic
limbs, 40; pelvic limbs, 40)
1717
1818
What is the sense of smell?
What is monkey mouth (undershot jaw) or parrot
mouth (overshot jaw)?
1919
2020
What is 10?
(The horse can detect the direction of sound before it can visually detect the source and can hear sounds from great
distances.)
2121
What are parasites?
What are vaccinations, de-worming, provide fresh water & quality feed, feed in areas that
are manure-free, and/or clean stall regularly ?
2222
What plants are poisonous to horses?
2323
What is barbed wire?
2424
2525
What is wear a safety helmet, wear boots with a heel, groom &
check horse before saddling, check tack for wear & fit, let someone know where you are
riding, when you will return and who you are riding with?