Agricultural Science Primary 5 Second Term Mid-Term Assessment

Mid-Term Test

Subject: Agricultural Science
Class: Primary 5
Term: Second Term
Week: 7

Instructions

• Answer all questions.
• Read each question carefully before answering.
• Write your answers clearly.

Part A: Objective Questions

Choose the correct option (a, b, c, or d) for each question.

1. Weeds are ____.
   a. useful animals
   b. unwanted plants
   c. tools for farming
   d. food crops
   Answer: b
2. Which of the following is NOT a weed?
   a. Waterleaf
   b. Cassava
   c. Guinea grass
   d. Bitter leaf
   Answer: b
3. An example of a weed used as animal feed is ____.
   a. guinea grass
   b. rice
   c. yam
   d. maize
   Answer: a
4. Bitter leaf is a weed used for ____.
   a. cooking utensils
   b. medicine
   c. soil destruction
   d. making ropes
   Answer: b
5. Pests are organisms that ____.
   a. protect crops
   b. destroy crops
   c. make crops grow
   d. improve soil
   Answer: b
6. Weevils are pests that attack ____.
   a. fresh vegetables
   b. stored grains
   c. living animals
   d. dry grass
   Answer: b
7. Aphids weaken plants by ____.
   a. cutting the stems
   b. sucking plant sap
   c. eating plant roots
   d. destroying flowers
   Answer: b
8. Which pest bores holes into stems of plants?
   a. Grasshopper
   b. Cutworm
   c. Stem borer
   d. Weevil
   Answer: c
9. The process of removing weeds from a farm is called ____.
   a. harvesting
   b. weeding
   c. planting
   d. digging
   Answer: b
10. Which of these is a benefit of weeds?
    a. They improve soil fertility.
    b. They attract harmful pests.
    c. They destroy crops.
    d. They reduce food production.
    Answer: a
11. Cutworms are pests that ____.
    a. attack stored grains
    b. cut young plants at the base
    c. improve soil fertility
    d. suck sap from plants
    Answer: b
12. Scent leaf is used for treating ____.
    a. broken bones
    b. stomachaches
    c. malaria
    d. wounds
    Answer: b
13. Pests of crops include ____.
    a. goats and sheep
    b. grasshoppers and aphids
    c. lions and tigers
    d. fish and frogs
    Answer: b
14. A weed used to make soup is ____.
    a. waterleaf
    b. yam
    c. rice
    d. guinea grass
    Answer: a
15. The stem borer affects crops like ____.
    a. sugarcane and maize
    b. tomatoes and pepper
    c. yams and cassava
    d. rice and beans
    Answer: a
16. Soil fertility is improved when weeds ____.
    a. grow quickly
    b. decay in the soil
    c. are removed from farms
    d. dry up
    Answer: b
17. Guinea grass is an example of ____.
    a. a crop
    b. a pest
    c. a weed
    d. a tree
    Answer: c
18. Pests that feed on leaves and stems include ____.
    a. weevils
    b. grasshoppers
    c. cutworms
    d. aphids
    Answer: b
19. The traditional use of bitter leaf is for ____.
    a. building houses
    b. feeding animals
    c. treating malaria
    d. making soup
    Answer: c
20. Pests are harmful because they ____.
    a. improve plant growth
    b. damage crops
    c. make farms beautiful
    d. reduce soil nutrients
    Answer: b

Part B: Theory Questions

Answer the following questions in short sentences.

1. Define weeds.
2. Mention three examples of weeds and their uses.
3. List two common insect pests and the crops they attack.
4. Explain how aphids damage crops.
5. Name one weed used in medicine and its purpose.
6. Why is it important to control weeds on a farm?
7. Describe how stem borers affect crops.
8. What is the difference between weeds and crops?
9. Mention two methods of controlling weeds.
10. Write two benefits of weeds to animals.
11. What is a pest?
12. Explain one way pests can destroy stored grains.
13. State two uses of waterleaf.
14. List two ways weeds improve soil fertility.
15. How does a cutworm damage a plant?
16. Mention two weeds that are used as food for humans.
17. Why do farmers remove weeds from their farms?
18. Name two pests of maize.
19. How can we control pests in a farm?
20. Write two traditional uses of bitter leaf.

Part C: True or False Questions

Write True or False for each statement.

1. Weeds are always harmful to crops.
   Answer: False
2. Grasshoppers are an example of insect pests.
   Answer: True
3. Bitter leaf can be used to treat malaria.
   Answer: True
4. Cutworms feed on the roots of plants.
   Answer: False
5. Weevils attack fresh vegetables.
   Answer: False
6. Aphids suck sap from plants, making them weak.
   Answer: True
7. Decaying weeds improve soil fertility.
   Answer: True
8. Pests help crops grow faster.
   Answer: False
9. Scent leaf is used for cooking utensils.
   Answer: False
10. Grasshoppers eat the leaves and stems of plants.
    Answer: True
11. Stem borers bore holes into plant roots.
    Answer: False
12. Farmers control weeds to increase crop yield.
    Answer: True
13. Waterleaf is used to prepare vegetable soup.
    Answer: True
14. Pests of crops include aphids and weevils.
    Answer: True
15. Weeds reduce soil fertility.
    Answer: False
16. Guinea grass is eaten by livestock.
    Answer: True
17. Pests only attack crops on the farm.
    Answer: False
18. Farmers use herbicides to control weeds.
    Answer: True
19. Weeds are more useful than crops.
    Answer: False
20. Cutworms cut young plants at the base.
    Answer: True

Part D: Fill-in-the-Gaps Questions

Complete the following sentences.

1. ____ are unwanted plants that grow on farms.
   Answer: Weeds
2. Grasshoppers eat the ____ and stems of plants.
   Answer: leaves
3. A pest that sucks sap from plants is called ____.
   Answer: aphid
4. Farmers remove weeds to increase ____.
   Answer: crop yield
5. Bitter leaf is used to treat ____.
   Answer: malaria
6. ____ attack stored grains like maize and rice.
   Answer: Weevils
7. Decayed weeds add ____ to the soil.
   Answer: nutrients
8. Stem borers bore holes into plant ____.
   Answer: stems
9. Waterleaf is a weed used for making ____.
   Answer: soup
10. Cutworms cut plants at the ____.
    Answer: base
11. Pests are harmful because they damage ____.
    Answer: crops
12. Guinea grass is eaten by ____.
    Answer: livestock
13. Farmers use ____ to kill weeds.
    Answer: herbicides
14. Aphids make plants ____ and weak.
    Answer: stunted
15. Scent leaf is used to treat ____.
    Answer: stomachaches
16. Weeds can also serve as ____ for animals.
    Answer: feed
17. Pests of crops include grasshoppers and ____.
    Answer: weevils
18. Farmers remove weeds to prevent ____.
    Answer: competition
19. ____ are plants that are grown for food or profit.
    Answer: Crops
20. Weeds can be controlled by ____.
    Answer: weeding

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