Animal Science-Manure Management

An organic substance obtained from the decomposition of plant and animal wastes by the action of microbes

• Fertiliser

• Manure

• Pesticide

• Insecticide

This is an example of ____________ waste.

• Solid waste

• Liquid waste

• Organic waste

• Plastic waste

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A manure pit is usually something for liquids and solids

• True

• False

You can use swine manure to make plastics

• True

• False

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The type of manure dairy cattle usually produce.

• Gases

• Solid

• Liquid

Why do beef cattle usually have a more solid manure than dairy animals.

• Different digestive tract

• Nutrition-the feed they eat

• They drink more water

• They run around more

You can use methane to generate electricity

• True

• False

Composting means that you will take the solids from the manure and...

• add water to make them liquids

• add water but dry them out over time

• add water but dry them out in 1 day

• never add water, nothing needs it

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To make compost from manure, what needs to be present (2 answers)

• bacteria

• sunlight

• air

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What is compost?

• A material used to measure ecological footprints

• A mixture of living and nonliving animals

• A mixture of decomposing organic matter made to fertilize soil.

• Normal dirt from the ground

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