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Montana Dairy and Milk Science Quiz

Answer the questions below about Montana's dairy industry and how milk is used.

Montana Dairy and Milk Science Quiz

Answer the questions below about Montana's dairy industry and how milk is used.

1. Why is the dairy industry important to Montana?

It only provides ice cream for tourists

It helps provide milk and dairy products and supports farms and jobs

It is the only industry in the state

It is mainly for exporting milk to other countries

2. Which of the following best describes Montana dairy farms today?

Many small farms have closed and there are fewer dairies, but herds are larger on average

There are thousands of tiny farms with only one cow each

Every dairy farm must have exactly 75 cows

Montana does not have any dairy farms anymore

3. What happens to milk after it leaves a Montana dairy farm?

It is sold directly to customers from the farmer's truck with no testing

It is taken to processing plants where it is tested, pasteurized, made into products, and then sent to stores

It is always turned into cheese and never into fluid milk

It is thrown away because it spoils too quickly

4. Which cities in Montana currently have major milk processing plants that handle much of the state's milk?

Bozeman, Great Falls, and Billings

Helena, Butte, and Missoula

Only Deer Lodge

Only Livingston and Miles City

5. What is Class I milk mainly used for?

Making hard cheese and butter

Beverages we drink, like regular milk, chocolate milk, and buttermilk

Making yogurt and ice cream

Feeding only to calves

6. Which products are examples of Class II milk use?

Cottage cheese, sour cream, ice cream, egg nog, and yogurt

Hard cheese and butter only

Plain drinking milk and chocolate milk

Only powdered milk

7. What kinds of products are made from Class III milk?

Soft drinks and fruit juice

Hard cheese, cream cheese, and butter

Only yogurt

Only milk used for cereal

8. How are Montana dairy farmers paid for their milk?

By the number of milk cartons they sell at the store

By the pound of cheese they eat

By the hundredweight, or for every 100 pounds of milk they ship

Only with gift cards from grocery stores

9. What is one goal of scientists who use biotechnology with dairy cows?

To make cows produce less milk

To help cows produce useful human proteins or enzymes in milk that can be turned into medicines

To change milk into soda

To make milk glow in the dark

10. Which statement about where Montana's milk is sold is true?

Montana always keeps all its milk and never trades with other states

Sometimes Montana sends extra milk to other states, and other times it brings in milk from neighbors

All Montana milk is shipped to other countries

Montana only sells milk to one city

Grade Level: 6 • Category: Farm Animals, Dairy Quiz

Updated: February 23, 2026

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