AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 4

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CLASS: PRIMARY 4            

 

SUBJECT: Agricultural Science

Instruction: Answer all the questions

OBJECTIVES

  1. Ornamental crops are used for _________ our surroundings. (a) feeding (b) beautifying (c) washing
  2. An example of fruit crops is __________ (a) cassava       (b) mango        (c) 5-Alive
  3. Crops that store food in their stems are known as ___(a) grain crops (b) tuber crops (c) flower crops
  4. Different components of the soil are refered to as _______ (a) soil formation      (b) soil family             (c) soil composition
  5. ________ is the upper layer of earth in which plants grow. (a) granite (b) soil        (c) garden
  6. Soil contains all these except ______ (a) car (b) living thing         (c) Moon
  7. The most coarse of all the soil types is ________ (a) clay (b) sandy      (c) loamy
  8. The best soil for planting is _________(a) sandy (b) loamy           (c) clay
  9. Soil can be classified into _________ (a) 3 (b) 6        (c) 7
  10. The breaking down of rocks makes soil formation possible. True/ False
  11. The disintegration of rocks to form soil is known as _____ (a) cracking (b) weathering (c) washing
  12. There are ________ processes of soil formation (a) 3 (b) 5            (c) 6
  13. ________ and _______ grow in the soil (a) plant, tree (b) stone, iron (c) butter, cheese
  14. Soil is made of all these except ____ (a) tiny bits of rock (b) rotten plants and animals           (c) snow
  15. Air is present in Soil. True/ False
  16. Overgrazing leads to _____ (a) loss of soil fertility (b) increase in soil fertility (c) formation of hills
  17. ________ does not cause loss in soil fertility (a) menuring (b) bush buning       (c) erosion
  18. Soil is ________ when it produces good crops. (a) fertile (b) infertile      (c) weak

Use the words below to answer question 19 – 21

MANURING             MULCHING BUSH FALLOWING

  1. ____ is the act of applying natural fertilizer made from waste     matters around a plant to             enrich the soil.
  2. ___________________ means leaving ploughed grass to decay to enrich the soil.
  3. ___ is the act of spreading layer of wet strew or leaves ground or over a plant to enrich the soil.
  4. _________ cannot be made from cassava (a) pounded yam       (b) garri        (c) fufu
  5. _________ can be made from fruits (a) semovita (b) juice         (c) moimoi
  6. _________ soil is best for moulding (a) rocking      (b) clayey      (c) sandy      (d) loamy
  7. 10 ­­­­­­_______ is a processing stage of cassava. (a) peeling (b) mulching          (c) burying
  8. Food processing helps remove prisonous agents. True/ False
  9. Food processing is not important. True/ False
  10. ________ affects food crops (a) weevils (b) preservation          (c) sun drying
  11. Food preservation helps retain its freshness. True / False
  12. 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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  1. 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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  1. List three(3) important of Food Processing

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3a.       What is Soil?

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  1. 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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  1. What is Mulching?

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5a.       Define the following?

  1. Soil fertility

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  1. Manuring

________________________________________________________________________________iii.            Soil

________________________________________________________________________________  b.         List 3 (three) properties of soil you know

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