AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 4
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CLASS: PRIMARY 4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
SUBJECT: Agricultural Science
Instruction: Answer all the questions
OBJECTIVES
- Ornamental crops are used for _________ our surroundings. (a) feeding (b) beautifying (c) washing
- An example of fruit crops is __________ (a) cassava      (b) mango       (c) 5-Alive
- Crops that store food in their stems are known as ___(a) grain crops (b) tuber crops (c) flower crops
- Different components of the soil are refered to as _______ (a) soil formation     (b) soil family            (c) soil composition
- ________ is the upper layer of earth in which plants grow. (a) granite (b) soil       (c) garden
- Soil contains all these except ______ (a) car (b) living thing        (c) Moon
- The most coarse of all the soil types is ________ (a) clay (b) sandy     (c) loamy
- The best soil for planting is _________(a) sandy (b) loamy          (c) clay
- Soil can be classified into _________ (a) 3 (b) 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (c) 7
- The breaking down of rocks makes soil formation possible. True/ False
- The disintegration of rocks to form soil is known as _____ (a) cracking (b) weathering (c) washing
- There are ________ processes of soil formation (a) 3 (b) 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (c) 6
- ________ and _______ grow in the soil (a) plant, tree (b) stone, iron (c) butter, cheese
- Soil is made of all these except ____ (a) tiny bits of rock (b) rotten plants and animals          (c) snow
- Air is present in Soil. True/ False
- Overgrazing leads to _____ (a) loss of soil fertility (b) increase in soil fertility (c) formation of hills
- ________ does not cause loss in soil fertility (a) menuring (b) bush buning      (c) erosion
- Soil is ________ when it produces good crops. (a) fertile (b) infertile     (c) weak
Use the words below to answer question 19 – 21
MANURING Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â MULCHING BUSH FALLOWING
- ____ is the act of applying natural fertilizer made from waste    matters around a plant to            enrich the soil.
- ___________________ means leaving ploughed grass to decay to enrich the soil.
- ___ is the act of spreading layer of wet strew or leaves ground or over a plant to enrich the soil.
- _________ cannot be made from cassava (a) pounded yam      (b) garri       (c) fufu
- _________ can be made from fruits (a) semovita (b) juice        (c) moimoi
- _________ soil is best for moulding (a) rocking     (b) clayey     (c) sandy     (d) loamy
- 10 ÂÂÂÂÂÂ_______ is a processing stage of cassava. (a) peeling (b) mulching         (c) burying
- Food processing helps remove prisonous agents. True/ False
- Food processing is not important. True/ False
- ________ affects food crops (a) weevils (b) preservation         (c) sun drying
- Food preservation helps retain its freshness. True / False
- Preventing food from getting spalt is food ______ (a) preventing (b) preservation (c) hiding
THEORY (6 marks per question)
Instruction: You are asked to answer all questions carefully
1a.      What is Food Preservation?
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- List one food and state three ways of preserving the food you listed.
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2a.      What are Farm Produce?
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- List three(3) important of Food Processing
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3a.      What is Soil?
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- List the three (3) type of soil we have.
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4a.      List four (4) ways of making soil fertile
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- What is Mulching?
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5a.      Define the following?
- Soil fertility
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- Manuring
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________________________________________________________________________________ b.        List 3 (three) properties of soil you know
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