Agricultural Science JSS 2 Second Term Examination
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
JSS 2
Second Term Exams Agricultural Science JSS 2
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- ______ is the solid part of the earth that is made up of minerals. (a) Earth (b) Rock (c)Soil (d) Mountain
- ______ is formed from a cooled molten magma. (a) Metamorphic Rock (b) Sedimentary rock (c) Igneous rock (d) Slate
- ______ are hatched out into chicks. (a) Chicks (b) Fertilized eggs (c) Garden eggs (d)Fowl eggs
- Which of these structures look like a big pot? (a)Silo (b) Hutch (c) Crib (d) Rhombus
- Which of the following building is built with solid cement blocks? (a)Cribs (b)Silos (c) The farm manager’s office (d) The battery cage
- The feeling of the pond is done to keep level ________________ in the pond. (a) the height of the pond (b)of sand (c)of water (d)silt in the pond
- The site of the school farm must be on a (a)bevel land. (b)hilly land. (c)near the forest. (d)high topography.
- The school farm should near the school because (a) student need treak to farm. (b) students need to go to the farm in a short time. (c) students must ride on bicycles to farm. (d) students do not need to go to farm.
- Arranging the farm structures and buildings in the farm is called ________. (a) arrangement (b) planning (c) research (d) study
- When animals are grazed in a well planned pasture that is fenced is called ______. (a)let farming (b) ranching (c)normadic herding (d) pastoral cropping
- The battery cage is used in raising and rearing ______. (a)dogs (b)layers (c)cattles (d)ducks
- Which of these is not a cultural practice? (a) Thinning (b)Supplying (c) Nursery (d) Climate
- A system where many types of crops are planted on the same land and at the same time is called ________. (a)ley farming (b)mixed farming (c) mixed cropping (d) mono cropping
- Most cash crops are grown in ________. (a)mixed farming (b)mono cropping (c) ranching (d) mixed cropping
- One of the advantages of ranching is ______. (a) the animals can be infected (b) the animals receives adequate health care (c) the animals are prone to road accident (d) the animals find it difficult to drink
- The science of turning wheat into flour is called ________. (a) furtherance (b) harvesting (c) processing (d) projection
- Which of these comes during pre planting? (a) Planting (b) Sowing (c) Watering (d) Burning
- Maize found growing in a rice farm can be regarded as ______. (a) crop (b)wanted weed (c) weed (d)manure
- The breaking of plough lumps into tiny pieces of soil is called ________. (a)herding (b) heliculture (c) harrowing (d)tillage
- Weeds are problems to farm crops because (a) weeds take the soil nutrients needed by crops. (b) weeds prevent erosion to plant crops. (c)weeds are cover crops. (d) Weeds are needed when planting crops.
- ______________ are edible materials which are fed to farm animals in the course of rearing them to contribute energy and other nutrients to their diet. (a) ration (b) feeds (c) succulent (d) foods
- The following except one are basal or energy given feeds (a) millet (b) vitamin A (c) maize (d) cassava
- One of the following is not a dry roughage (a) hay (b) straw (c) fresh forage (d) chaff
- Concentrates that are high in carbohydrates are called _____________ concentrates (a) protein (b) energy (c)body building (d) forage
- ___________ is the sum total of feeds needed by an animal in a day. (a) ration (b) nutrient (c) straw (d) fibre
- Which of the following is an example of fodder? (a) straw (b) bone meal (c) fish meal (d) lime stone
- Which of the following animals does not feed on hay? (a) cattle (b) goat (c) horse (d) poultry birds
- The type of ration that contains all the essential nutrients needed by the animals in the right proportion is called __________ ration (a) maintenance (b) balanced (c) production (d) dietary
- The following are feeding tools except ___________ (a)feed scoup (b) feeding trough (c) drinking trough (d) fork
- The removal of plant stumps and roots from the soil is called ______ (a) stumping (b) plotting (c) ploughing (d) harrowing
- The process of making seedbed is known as (a) Ploughing (b) stumping (c) ridging (d) plotting
- The lifting of seedlings from the nursery and planting them out in their permanent plot or field is (a) nursery (b) sowing (c) seed rate (d) transplanting
- The replacement of seeds that fail to germinate is called _________ (a) supplying (b) thinning (c) mulching (d) weeding
- The amount or quantity of planting materials required for planting one hectare of land is called _______ (a) staking (b) pruning (c) trimming (d) seed rate
- A _________________ is an abnormality in health. (a) pest (b) disease (c) supplement (d) ration
- Staking is usually done for ____ (a) cassava (b) maize (c) rice (d) yam
- Layers are feed with ______________ mash in order to enhance egg production (a)growers (b) broilers (c) layers (d) none of the above
- ___________ refers to the stage of the animal in production (a) nutritive value (b) physiological state (c) specie of the animal (d) growth
- The following are basal feds except _______ (a) maize (b) rice (c) bone meal (d) millet The following are common symptoms of diseases of farm animals except(a) Abortion (b) increased food consumption (c) loss of appetite (d) loss of weight
- Anthrax is an examples of _____ disease in farm animals (a) bacteria (b) fungi (c) viral (d) protozoa
- ____________ diseases are the diseases that can only affect an animal by physical contact with an infected animal or infected materials. (a) viral (b) contagious (c) infectious (d) bacterial
- Animals can contact contagious diseases through the following except (a) contaminated feeds (b) animal droppings (c) infected feeding materials (d) none of the above
- Which of the following is not a feed supplement (a) hay (b) groundnut cake (c) soya beans (d) bone meal
- Trypanosomiasis is a common disease of (a) cattle (b) goat (c) pig (d) poultry
- The following are economic importance of livestock diseases except (a) poor growth of animals (b) poor feed utilization (c) low yield of products (d) high income for farmers
- ____________ is not a poultry disease (a) Foot rot (b)Coccidiosis (c) Fowl typhoid (d)Fowl cholera
- Any organism that live in or on another organism is a _________ (a) pathogens (b) host (c) parasite (d) diseases
- Tse-tse fly is a parasite that infect __________ (a) rabbit (b) fish (c) cattle (d) fowl __________ is an endo-parasite (a) tape worm (b) tick (c) lice (d) tsetse fly Concentrates that are high in carbohydrates are called ________________ Concentrates that are high in protein are called _________________
- The type of ration that contains all the essential nutrients needed by the animal in the correct proportion is ________________ ration.
- ______________ ration is the amount of feeds needed to keep the animal’s live weight constant. Another name for dry roughages is ___________________
- Two examples of feed supplements are ______________________ and ____________
- Containers that are used for giving water to farm animals is called __________
- Growing animals are fed with more of ________________ than other feeds to enhance proper growth.
- Parasites which lives inside the body of the host are called _______________ The husk separated from grains during threshing is called ______________
- The husk separated from grains during threshing is called ______________
SECTION 2 – THEORY
1a. Define ranching.
1b. Clearly states the advantages of ranching.
2a.Explain the disadvantages of nomadic herding.
2b.. Write or list out the factors to be considered in siting a school farm.
3.Explain the following:
i. mixed farming:
ii. monocropping:
iii bush fallowing:
4. List and explain seven (7) importance of agriculture.
5. Define animal feeds.
6. Mention and briefly explain the six classes of animal feeds base on nutrients they supply.
7. Mention any four examples of feed supplements and additives.
8.Mention and briefly explain any four (4) factors that influence the choice of farmers on what to feed their livestock with.
9..Define the term ration.
10. Mention and briefly explain any two (2) types of ration
11. Mention three (3) importance of feeds to farm animals.
12.What is animal disease?
13..Mention and briefly explain the two (2) categories of disease 3mks
14. Mention any four (4) general symptoms of disease in farm animals
15..What is a parasite?
16.Parasites can be grouped based on where they live and where they are found , mention and briefly explain the two (2) groups of Parasites .
17. Mention four (4) economic importance of livestock disease
18. Describe the farm animal disease Anthrax under the following heading
CAUSATIVE ORGANISM:
ANIMALS AFFECTED:
SYMPTOMS (at least three):
CAUSES:
PARTS AFFECTED:
EFFECTS:
TREATMENTS: PREVENTION/CONTROL: