What is meant by the following terms?
A) Rearing.
B) Shearing.
C) Sericulture.
Answers
Answer:
(i) Rearing: Bringing up, raising and taking care of animals is known as rearing.
(ii) Shearing: The fleece of the sheep along with a thin layer of skin is removed from its body. This process is called shearing.
(iii) Sericulture: The rearing of silkworms for obtaining silk is called sericulture.
Explanation:
rearing - Rearing: The process of keeping, feeding, breeding and medical care of useful animals is called rearing of animals. It is raising and taking care of livestock (e.g. cows, buffaloes, goats etc.); for commercial purposes.
shearing - act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth. ... The product of the act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine.
Sericulture, also called silk farming, is the process of making silk fibers. It starts by raising silkworms and then processing the fibers they produce. ... The thread can then be twisted into silk yarn or woven into silk cloth (fabric).