Activity Books Wool & Sheep Activity Book | Page 9

Sheep like to graze. Grazing
means the sheep eat growing
plants. Sheep graze on land where
most crops cannot grow. Crops are
plants humans grow for food or fiber.
Sheep will eat weeds that wildlife
and cattle will not eat. Sheep are
special because they can eat plants
that make other animals sick. Sheep
are ruminants (roo’ mi-nents).
Ruminant means sheep have four
parts to their stomach. Their special
stomachs allow them to digest
plants and grasses that humans and
many other animals cannot.
Ruminant is a big word!
Ask your mom or dad if they know
what the word ruminant means.
Write the word ruminant and its
meaning below.
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Non-native weeds have invaded 40-50 percent of America’s croplands, pasturelands and rangelands.
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